This course will leave you with a deeper appreciation of what might be happening in the classroom or early learning setting, to listen to behaviour, and what (whose) needs are possibly not being met.
Understanding Behaviour: Listening to the language of Action will look at behaviour as communication. All behaviour, from the toddler, to the child, to the adolescent, to the adult, is saying something. This is very important to remember when working with the student, and it asks the educator to look behind any behaviour to discern what is being expressed—to listen to what is being said. This course will leave you with a deeper appreciation of what might be happening in the classroom or early learning setting, to listen to behaviour, and what (and whose) needs are possibly not being met. You’ll learn about the four mistaken goals and how to start to identify them. You’ll be introduced to the Circle of Courage and how that can be used to help address the needs communicated through behaviour. This course is designed to inject a humanistic element into the understanding of behaviour, where behaviours can be understood and plans created with a deeper empathy for yourself, and towards those you are working with.
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Christopher McMaster, PhD, is the author of Educating All: Developing Inclusive School Cultures from within. He is the creator and lead editor of the Survive and Succeed postgraduate student support series, with editions published on the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Scandinavia. Dr. McMaster has most recently been Assistant Professor of Education at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, USA. He has since returned to his adopted home of New Zeland where he teaches in the local community on a Pacific voyaging Canoe and writes novels.
