What Lies Beneath Behavior? Every novelist, psychologist, anthropologist, and your Aunt Jane have wanted to know this. What motivates people and what’s going on when their behavior is irritating or just plain doesn’t make sense? At MSODT, we encourage adults to look beneath the behavior of children and to understand ‘behavior as communication.’…
Category Archives: Tips For Parents
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Jun
Jun
For many people, when they think back to their Elementary school experience, some of the most memorable moments they have are from the outings they got to take with their classmates. Student field trips are important for a child’s intellectual and emotional development. They are an important way for a child to gain a sense…
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May
May
Giving Children Tools for Conflict Resolution Conflicts are a part of life. Conflicts are helpful in that they allow us to see problems and provide us with reasons to find solutions. They are both important and inevitable, which is why it is so important for us to teach our children to handle conflicts in…
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May
May
Motivating Your Child Whether it’s getting your child to prepare for school on time, or reminding your child to clean their room, it can be a struggle as a parent to find ways of motivating an unmotivated child. In ideal world, of course, children will be self-motivated to take care of their responsibilities, but as…
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In this digital age, it can be harder than ever to get kids to love to exercise. After all, instant gratification is available in so many areas of their lives. Tablets and phones provide instant entertainment with little effort, and for children and adults alike, technology can become a habit that we lean on more…