Strategies for Avoiding Power Struggles with Kids
The Teaching Behavior Together Podcast
English - October 06, 2020 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.15 MBHow To Education Courses classroom management social emotional learning behavior management classroom behavior behavior analysis coping skills Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Are you looking for strategies to avoid power struggles with kids?
In this episode, I provide you with five strategies for handling power struggles. These strategies can be used in the home or school setting and can be a game changer when it comes to power struggles.
In this episode, we first talk about what a power struggle is and what it could look like in your classroom. We also discuss some common situations in which power struggles typically occur.
Then we get into the strategies.
Strategies for Avoiding Power Struggles with Kids
My first strategy is to read the room. Know what is going on with your student. If you see that your student is upset of frustrated the best strategy would be to let the student know you are there if they need help and then walk away to give them time and space. Once the student has engaged in a calm down strategy (because you are teaching those to your class on a consistent basis) you can discuss the situation with the student. This will allow you to avoid the power struggle all together.
My second strategy is to know when to pick your battles. I give you some examples of how to determine this and how you can approach this situation. The key? Discuss the behavior of concern after it has occurred. Make a plan with the student in the future and then reinforce the use of that plan.
My third strategy is to teach an appropriate response to not getting what you want. I talk about how to teach this appropriate response and the importance of teaching appropriate responses to not getting what you want. This will increase the likelihood students will engage in an appropriate response instead of a power struggle.
Want to know the rest of my strategies for avoiding power struggles with kids? Listen to the episode now!
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