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Rethinking

Explosive Children

By Rifka Schonfeld, Director of S.O.S.
(Strategies For Optimum Success)

“Man masters nature not by force but I have decided to revisit Dr. Greene’s
by understanding.” - Jacob Bronowski

“We cannot solve problems with the uninterrupted school year since COVID
same thinking that created them.” - began in March 2020. The problem-
Albert Einstein solving techniques that he suggests

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I Disorder are incredibly helpful for
remember. Involve me and I learn.” - teachers dealing with all kinds of
Benjamin Franklin behavioral issues as schools and classes

“I hope that someday we will learn the
terrible cost we all pay when we ignore
or mismanage those people in society when dealing with challenging
who most need our help.” - The Hon. behaviors:
Judge Sandra Hamilton,
Provincial Court of Alberta, Canada modify behaviors right away, Dr.
Greene advocates for solving the
Dr. Ross Greene, the author of The underlying problems. That means
Explosive Child, included the above four that the challenging behaviors that we
might want to change are symptoms of
“Rethinking Challenging Behaviors in a larger issue that we should focus on
Children, Teens, and Adults.” A few
years ago in November, Dr. Greene behaviors.
spoke to a sold out room of educators,
therapists, and parents about how to be . Rather than working
work with children, teenagers, or adults for the one person with the challenging
who exhibit challenging behaviors in a behavior, you might work with the
person with the challenging behavior.

those challenging behaviors.