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What Your Child’s Behavior Is Trying to Tell You
Changing the Way We See Behavior When a child falls apart, screams, refuses to follow directions, or hits, our first instinct as adults is often to stop the behavior as quickly as possible. We build reward charts, offer allowances, or set up timeouts. For a long time, the dominant professional approach has reinforced this: treat…
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When following the child’s lead doesn’t lead to engagement
The first step in Greenspan Floortime is to follow the child’s lead. Once the child interacts with us, which is them allowing us into their world, we can move on to Step Two. What should we do when doing that doesn’t result in the child engaging and accepting us as partners? Unfortunately, the child engaging…
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Where do Children Learn Social Skills, At School or at Home?
Research shows, and professionals agree, that having social interest and developing social skills are necessary for long term social-emotional health. However, there seems to be a common misconception that schools and ‘peer modeling’ are responsible for a child’s social skill development. While that would make everyone’s lives easier, it is simply not true. Social skills…
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Why Expectations Don’t Have to Be Demands
In the world of parenting, it’s easy to feel the pressure to set high standards for our children. We want them to be successful, kind, and capable, and also listen and follow directions. But where is the line between having healthy expectations and making rigid demands? The answer lies in the principle of responsive caregiving,…
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Why we must work on Milestrones 1, 2, and 3 all together