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There’s no difference between kids and cars? What does this mean?

The heading should have been longer but I didn’t have the room. I still stand by the heading but must add that it’s not the physical comparisons I’m talking about but the aspects of learning to drive a car and learning to manage children’s behaviour. The principals of learning the two skills are pretty much the same and if you’re not taught properly the results can be catastrophic.

What I mean is that to learn any skill you have to learn what to do, then go and practise what you’ve learned and after that continue to do it – it’s that simple. So, learn the techniques, practise until you’re confident and use them consistently, all the time.

Think about what happens if you don’t follow the simple rules of skill building when applied to driving your car. If you stop driving and steering the car either stops or doesn’t go where you want it to go. If you don’t have the right level of skill then you could crash and cause mayhem. If you have started learning the skill but fail to carry out the rules consistently, again chaos will reign. The same applies to managing children in the classroom.

Many people are having trouble managing children’s behaviour. Why? Simply because they aren’t being trained to manage behaviour effectively. Experienced teachers, student teachers, support assistants and other staff – even head teachers and managers haven’t enough knowledge or skill to manage behaviour confidently.

Then we’ve got the people giving advice. Back to learning to drive – who would you want to teach you the skill? Someone who’s behind the wheel of a car every day, who has proven results of teaching successful behaviour management (of a car!), or someone who hasn’t driven for years (if ever), couldn’t demonstrate how to do it, and just gives you a few pointers that you knew anyway….?

Ridiculous as it sounds, I see so many reports with inaccurate advice about managing children’s behaviour. I have to tell schools to ignore it! It’s as bad as having the non-driving person trying to teach you to drive – it’s dangerous. It causes car crashes and misery. The health of children and adults is being damaged by lack of skills in behaviour management techniques.

How am I different? Well, I manage children’s behaviour every day. Teachers and students come and watch me. I show them the techniques in their classes. People asked me to write it all down, so Behaviour Bible is the result. People’s views on what I say and how I’ve helped them learn to manage behaviour is there to see.

It’s important that classrooms aren’t in chaos and that people know that they can learn to manage classroom behaviour – just like you once learned to drive ….

Learn more about effective behaviour management. Stop by Liz Marsden’s site where you can find out all about classroom behaviour management and what it can do for you.

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