Home » ExchangeEveryDay » Classrooms as the Root of Challenging Behaviors



ExchangeEveryDay Past Issues


<< Previous Issue | View Past Issues | | Next Issue >> ExchangeEveryDay
Classrooms as the Root of Challenging Behaviors
August 7, 2019
What will you do today that will matter tomorrow?
-Ralph Marston

Michelle Salcedo, begins her article, “Classrooms as the Root of Challenging Behaviors,” with this quote by Alexander Den Heijer: “When a flower doesn’t bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.” She goes on to explain that this is a metaphor educators might consider when addressing children’s challenging behaviors.

“Rarely does a gardener throw up her hands and declare a plant as unfit. Similarly, when a child exhibits challenging behaviors, what if, instead of blaming the child, we were to look first at the environment? What if the focus were to shift from fixing the child to adapting the conditions in which the child is growing and learning?”





Out of the Box Training Kits

Use coupon code IMPACT
to get $5 off any one Out of the Box Training.

Out of the Box Training Kits are ready-to-use professional development programs on a variety of contemporary topics to support and improve the skills and pedagogy of those who work with young children.

May not be combined with any other offer.
Sale expires February 18, 2022, at 11:59 pm PST.

ExchangeEveryDay

Delivered five days a week containing news, success stories, solutions, trend reports, and much more.

What is ExchangeEveryDay?

ExchangeEveryDay is the official electronic newsletter for Exchange Press. It is delivered five days a week containing news stories, success stories, solutions, trend reports, and much more.

Connect 4 Learning - Flip the Curriculum.
Cirrus Group - Powerful Childcare Management Software
Collaborative for Children - NEW STEM Courses Online for Preschool Teachers.


Comments (1)

Displaying 1 Comment
Francis Wardle · August 07, 2019
CSBC
Denver, CO, United States


This is why the whole concept of kindergarten readiness is so dangerous. It focuses on getting children ready for school, as opposed to getting the institution ready. We must switch the focus to making sure schools are ready for every child who enters them.



Post a Comment

Have an account? to submit your comment.


required

Your e-mail address will not be visible to other website visitors.
required
required
required

Check the box below, to help verify that you are not a bot. Doing so helps prevent automated programs from abusing this form.



Disclaimer: Exchange reserves the right to remove any comments at its discretion or reprint posted comments in other Exchange materials.