Understanding and Managing Our Emotions

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Great explanation of "flipping your lid" and losing control of the upstairs part of the brain when we experience strong emails.

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This is the most important theme of Collaborative Problem Solving: the belief that if kids could do well they would do well. In other words, if the kid had the skills to exhibit adaptive behavior, he wouldn't be exhibiting challenging behavior. That's because doing well is always preferable to not doing well.

(Part 1 of 2) Your explanation for a kid's is challenging behavior has major implications for how you'll try to help. If you believe a kid is challenging because of lagging skills and unsolved problems, then rewarding and punishing may not be the ideal approach. Solving those problems and teaching those skills would make perfect sense.

(Part 2 of 2) Your explanation for a kid's is challenging behavior has major implications for how you'll try to help. If you believe a kid is challenging because of lagging skills and unsolved problems, then rewarding and punishing may not be the ideal approach. Solving those problems and teaching those skills would make perfect sense.

The definition of good parenting, good teaching, and good treatment is being responsive to the hand you've been dealt. Notice, the definition isn't "treating every kid exactly the same".

Challenging behavior occurs when the demands of the environment exceed a kid's capacity to respond adaptively. In other words, it takes two to tango. But many popular explanations for challenging behavior place blame on the kid or his parents. Not Collaborative Problem Solving.