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Recently, several parents asked what they should do when their child comes home with a note from school, indicating poor behavior. The first step is to talk to your child and hear his story. Listen closely,without judgement, assumptions or taking sides. Neither defending nor admonishing your child is helpful before understanding the whole story, and determining the cause. Many times a punishment or disciplinary action is not needed because action has been taken at school, or it was a misunderstanding which caused the misbehavior. In this one particular case where a mom of a 5 year old described her son’s behavior, she realized that he was following directions from his last year’s teacher, and was confused with the new rules. Children need to be taught as they go. Some need more concrete information than others, but all need to be taught through the manner in which they can understand. Understanding each particular situation will help you teach your child learn what he needs to know, and how to get his needs met. Read the full article “Dealing with a child’s problems at school“.
Diana Boggia has a masters degree in education with licensure in preschool, elementary and special education. She taught children with multiple disabilities for 15 years and has been working with parents (families) with behavioral concerns for more than 23 years. She develops individualized strategies to build self esteem and diminish negative, attention-seeking behaviors for each child to be successful in achieving remarkable results. Throughout her work with parents Diana has developed a program that includes hands-on materials encompassing limit-setting, developing structure with schedules, teaching time management, increasing listening skills and parenting with incentives, rather than threats. These successful strategies have changed the dynamics of many families who were struggling with their child’s behaviors.
