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There's no difference between kids and cars? What does this mean?
I didn't have room to explain fully in the heading. I mean it but it's only how you learn to manage children's behaviour and how you learn to drive your car - not how both look! Learning the skills are much the same and if you don't learn correctly the results can be very damaging.
What I mean is that to learn any skill you have to learn what to do, then go and practise what you've learned and after that continue to do it - it's that simple. So, learn the techniques, practise until you're confident and use them consistently, all the time.
What would happen if you hadn't practised your driving skills or didn't follow the rules. If you didn't steer you'd lose control and the car would crash. If you hadn't been taught driving skills properly and you hadn't practised you'd be a danger on the road. You have to follow the instructions consistently to be confident and competent. The same applies to managing children's behaviour in classrooms.
Children's behaviour is causing problems for so many people because there isn't enough behaviour management training that equips them with the proper skills. Trainee teachers, experienced teachers, managers, head teachers have too little expertise and training to effectively manage children's behaviour in school.
Another problem is that often the people offering advice haven't got the skills themselves. Who would you want to teach you to drive? Would it be someone who drives every day and has a good record of getting people through their driving test? Or would you prefer someone who rarely (or never) drives, who couldn't show you how to drive, and could only tell you what you already know?
Ridiculous as it sounds, I see so many reports with inaccurate advice about managing children's behaviour. I have to tell schools to ignore it! It's as bad as having the non-driving person trying to teach you to drive - it's dangerous. It causes car crashes and misery. The health of children and adults is being damaged by lack of skills in behaviour management techniques.
What do I do that's different? Every day I do the job of managing children's behaviour. I'm observed by teachers and students. They receive my help in their classrooms. They asked me to write it all down and that resulted in Behaviour Bible. They've generously commented on my techniques and how they've been helped to manage behaviour.
The message is that classrooms shouldn't be chaotic and that you can learn to manage children's behaviour, exactly the same as you learned driving skills ....
I didn't have room to explain fully in the heading. I mean it but it's only how you learn to manage children's behaviour and how you learn to drive your car - not how both look! Learning the skills are much the same and if you don't learn correctly the results can be very damaging.
What I mean is that to learn any skill you have to learn what to do, then go and practise what you've learned and after that continue to do it - it's that simple. So, learn the techniques, practise until you're confident and use them consistently, all the time.
What would happen if you hadn't practised your driving skills or didn't follow the rules. If you didn't steer you'd lose control and the car would crash. If you hadn't been taught driving skills properly and you hadn't practised you'd be a danger on the road. You have to follow the instructions consistently to be confident and competent. The same applies to managing children's behaviour in classrooms.
Children's behaviour is causing problems for so many people because there isn't enough behaviour management training that equips them with the proper skills. Trainee teachers, experienced teachers, managers, head teachers have too little expertise and training to effectively manage children's behaviour in school.
Another problem is that often the people offering advice haven't got the skills themselves. Who would you want to teach you to drive? Would it be someone who drives every day and has a good record of getting people through their driving test? Or would you prefer someone who rarely (or never) drives, who couldn't show you how to drive, and could only tell you what you already know?
Ridiculous as it sounds, I see so many reports with inaccurate advice about managing children's behaviour. I have to tell schools to ignore it! It's as bad as having the non-driving person trying to teach you to drive - it's dangerous. It causes car crashes and misery. The health of children and adults is being damaged by lack of skills in behaviour management techniques.
What do I do that's different? Every day I do the job of managing children's behaviour. I'm observed by teachers and students. They receive my help in their classrooms. They asked me to write it all down and that resulted in Behaviour Bible. They've generously commented on my techniques and how they've been helped to manage behaviour.
The message is that classrooms shouldn't be chaotic and that you can learn to manage children's behaviour, exactly the same as you learned driving skills ....
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