behaviour management – Molly Potter

Conditions of worth (and unconditional positive regard)

This post looks at Carl Rogers’ personality theory and how part of it relates significantly to our parenting/caring of children. Part…

In a pupil referral unit, point blank refusal from a child is such a regular event that staff are not…

As exhausted parents/carers/teachers, we tend to manage difficult behaviours in a reactive way e.g. a reprimand, the removal of an…

I am sure many of you have heard the Stanford marshmallow experiment where young children were told they could have one…

This week I was lucky enough to be interviewed by Lily Law from, ‘The Lady’ about what I do. Here is the…

(This is a post about older children and teenagers.) I learnt about the normative effect several years ago at a…

Being a parent or carer is not an easy job. It’s 24/7 and there isn’t a manual to guide you.…

When a child does something wrong, most of us have been taught that the child needs to be punished. Punishments…

Obviously nobody can guess what another person is feeling with 100% accuracy all of the time. “I am wondering…” is…

What I cover in this post will seem obvious but I think it’s always good to reflect a little because…

You might already know this little trick but if not, it’s too good not to add to your toolkit of…

One effective behaviour management technique that I use with the children I teach part-time in a Pupil Referral Unit (children…