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ChildSense offers positive behavioral resources for teachers and parents.
Child behavior authorities and ChildSense founders Jeff Fink and Jon Halpern have developed strategies that help adults raise respectful children who take more responsibility for their own behavior. Recognized as experts in the process of changing children's behavior and known for their entertaining and dynamic style, Jon and Jeff's books and videos have educated parents and teachers nationwide.
Episodes
13 episodes
Communication Styles: Teaching Non-Coercively
Teachers can discover ways to communicate with their students non-coercively. Using the communication style of a facilitator will result in students who are internally motivated .
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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32:24
THE EFFECTS OF COERCIVE COMMUNICATION
Teachers often use their communication style to manipulate students. This podcast will show how they may use a coercive communication style instead of teaching their students how to be self-managers of their own behavior.
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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20:33
Responding to Student Behavior: More Time to Teach
Teachers, would you listen to a podcast whose methods have been proven to reduce classroom disruptions by over 40% in 5 - weeks?This practical, easily implemented, four-level system for responding to student behavior can do...
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19:00
Sometimes Parents are Hesitant to Come to School
Sometimes Parents are Hesitant to Come to SchoolWhy might parents be hesitant to come to their child's school or even to their child's conference?This podcast discusses the many reasons why parents may...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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15:10
The Negative Influence of Public Figures on Today's Youth
There are a lot of influences on kids today: friends, parents, teachers, social media and oftentimes public figures in the news and media.When public figures dominate the news and send messages that contradict our values and th...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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11:28
Student Transitions to Summer
The end of the school year can be an exciting time. However, not all children are excited for summer. It can be hard leaving the comfort of their classroom and grade. In fact, many kids feel anxious about it. This month's podcast will talk abou...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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10:45
What Your Kids Do When You Say "No"
Parents, when you tell your kids ``NO," what do they do? Children actually go through some predictable steps to get us to change our mind. Knowing these steps will help us resist their attempts and actually improve our relationship with our chi...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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19:41
Building Classroom Community
"I’ve taken a lot of classes and read a lot of books and know all the tools to use to create a classroom community. What I don’t get is why some years this works and some years it doesn’t. I want to know what else I can do to make this happen."...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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15:38
Behavior as a School Subject
Teachers and parents often view behavior as a character trait rather than something that has been learned.It's more accurate, however, to view behavioral self management like other school subjects: something that c...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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12:01
A Better Way to Praise
Praise can be helpful in developing confident and self assured children. However, it can also be harmful. Listen to ChildSense podcast: A Better Way to Praise.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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16:20
My Teaching Regret
Teaching is a very challenging profession. We are continually given opportunities to grow and learn.In this episode, Jeff and Jon from ChildSense share some regrets they've experienced.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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7:44
You Don't Need a Confession to Teach a Lesson
Have any of you ever been faced with a situation in your classroom when you’ve seen a student do something wrong but they refuse to admit it?Or, you’re pretty sure that they’ve done something wrong but you didn’t see it and the...
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12:09
Working with Challenging Parents
When teachers are challenged by parents, their responses can become defensive, dismissive or divisive. This often causes situations to get worse. WORKING WITH CHALLENGING PARENTS gives teachers the skills to respond to challenging parents in a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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24:43
