How to Stop Behavior Modification & Instead Use Proactive Solutions

Published: Tue, 09/25/18

Did you grow up thinking kids can control their behavior if they want to?

Do you wish teachers would get out of the behavior modification business and instead be in the problem solving business?

Are you a fan of Ross Greene's work? If so, catch the replay of this week's The Art of Advocacy show! Click here.

When you're on the go, listen to the podcast Click here.

Check out these Key Take-Aways by going to the specific time stamp in the video, or on the podcast.
* What is Ross Greene's famous mantra? 4:55

* What to do when kids show challenging behavior? 6:34

* Three steps to do 6:57

* What do we see with a behavior management lens? 7:45

* What do we see with a problem solving lens? 12:59

* What about, "Kids do well if they wanna." 15:07

* Identify lagging skills 17:02

* Free resources on Ross Greene's website 18:42

Here are some quotes from the recent The Art of Advocacy show.

Kids do well if they can.

Dr. Ross Greene

So long as caregivers are solely focused on modifying a child's behavior, problems that are causing that behavior will remain unresolved. But when caretakers focus instead on solving the problems collaboratively and proactively, not only do the problems get solved, the challenging behaviors that are associated with those problems subside.

Dr. Ross Greene

Even looking at challenging behavior from that lens of a function of behavior, we're really still doing a disservice to our kids.

Charmaine Thaner

Behavior management strategies really don't work. They don't resolve those underlying problems. If you contrast that to the collaborative problem solving viewpoint, then what we do as adults is we try to figure out what are those skills that the child is lacking.

Charmaine Thaner

Instead of that medical model of blaming the kid and the kid is one the one that has to change, we as adults have to look at what can we do differently to support kids and start using that problem solving lens when we look at challenging behavior.

Charmaine Thaner

Lives in the Balance, Dr. Ross Greene's website. Click here.

Bill of Rights for Behaviorally Challenging Kids Click here.

Ross Greene's Facebook pages. Click here.

Learn how to identify the skills that are lagging in the kid you're trying to understand and help.

Also discover how to identify the specific conditions (these are called "unsolved problems") in which challenging behavior is occurring.

Step Two of Dr. Greene's Collaborative Proactive Solutions model will be the focus on Thursday, Sept. 27th at noon Mtn. Time, 2pm ET, 1pm CT, 11am PT.

Hop over to www.facebook.com/VisionsandVoicesTogether

See you on Thursday! Know you can always catch the replay too.

P.S. Are you tired of spending hours googling things and then when you find information it is confusing and you don’t know how to figure out what it means?

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