Ep. 17 - Insights about the value of our ATTENTION
BIG PICTURE Social Emotional Learning Podcast
English - September 10, 2018 20:38 - 8 minutes - 4.91 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Ep. 16 - Motivations: Intrinsic / Extrinsic with Bill Hotter
Next Episode: Ep. 18 - Apologies with Deborah Stewart and Bill Hotter
Kids love, even crave, our attention. One valid reason is that gaining a teacher’s or a parent’s attention means being ‘seen’ by the people who matter most to them, and being ‘seen’ equates to a feeling of being valued. Feeling valued is one of THE most important markers for kids’ healthy social-emotional learning and development.
We all know - and have experienced - that some kids will sometimes engage in behaviors that make us want to do ANYTHING but give them our attention. This episode offers some insights on workarounds that work for everyone: you and your students. (We LOVE Win-Win's.)