Posts Tagged ‘behavior management’
The Science of Encouragement: What Elementary School Counselors Need to Know About Positive and Negative Comments
Elementary school counselors play a critical role in shaping school climate, supporting student growth, and helping children develop the social-emotional skills they need to succeed. While many counseling strategies focus on specific interventions, one of the most powerful tools counselors have is something they use every day: their words. Research has consistently shown that the…
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Using Communication to Change Misbehavior In my last post, I wrote about connection, the first of the three steps taught in the Parent Encouragement Program by author, Kathryn Reynolds Lewis. The second step outlined in her book, The Good News about Bad Behavior is communication. It is important to note that communication follows connection. How often…
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