The social and emotional development of young children goes through several different, specific stages. Understanding those stages and learning how to appropriately respond to behaviors is an ...

The role of a classroom teacher includes many diverse daily tasks. While the priority in any classroom is the instruction of academic content, teachers are also expected to manage classroom behaviors.

Parenting is an ever-evolving journey, and as children grow older, new challenges arise. Addressing and correcting bad behaviour in older children requires wisdom, understanding, and patience. Why?

When an individual with dementia demonstrates challenging behaviour, resists attempts at care, and becomes aggressive, the tendency is for caregivers to seek a quick fix. Physicians are aware that the ...

The main idea behind this model is that many behaviors we do are what we call learned behaviors. However, when we say that behaviors are learned, we don’t mean that you purposely taught your child to ...

Building on the concept of a basic understanding of challenging behaviour, Figure 2 presents a schematic outlining the steps to follow when dealing with an individual with dementia who is resisting ...

Toddlers are wonderful—they are creative, engaging, silly, and fun. They are also easily frustrated and have a reputation for being unreasonable. This is largely because of their immature, yet ...

South African primary schools are facing a crisis. Every day, learners fight, bully, destroy property, and intimidate other learners and teachers, turning what should be safe spaces into places of ...