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Chapter 7
Term | Definition |
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4 Reasons Children Misbehave | 1. stage of growth 2. uncomfortable environment 3. needs not being met 4. don't know better |
Guidance | an ongoing system of strategies to help children learn to manage impulses, express feelings, channel frustrations, solve problems, and learn the difference between acceptable and unacceptable behavior |
Discipline | ability to follow an example or follow rules, the development of self control or everything adults do or say to influence children's behavior |
Punishment | consequence for inappropriate behavior, to be effective it should relate to the behavior |
Direct Guidance | methods used while interacting with children |
Indirect Guidance | creating conditions that promote optimal behavior through the intentional use of the environment and overall classroom climate |
Negative Reinforcement | response to a behavior that decreased the likelihood that the behavior will reoccur |
Positive Reinforcement | a response to behavior that increases the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated or increased |
Redirecting | calls for adult to make an accurate assessment of what the children really want to do, then consider alternatives that permit that desired activity while changing the expression or form it takes |
Six Steps to Conflict Resolution | 1. Approach calmly, stopping any hurtful actions 2. Acknowledge children's feelings 3. Gather information 4. Restate the problem 5. Ask for ideas for solutions and choose one together 6. Be prepared to give follow-up support |
Reverse Attention | showing attention who is demonstrating desired behavior while ignoring the misbehavior |
Limits/Choices for Desired Outcomes | boundaries for acceptable behavior beyond which actions are considered misbehavior for adults to control children's behavior |
Effective Directions | get down on their level, give one direction at a time |
Natural Consequences | the real-life outcomes of a child's own actions |
Logical Consequences | consequences that adults impose upon a child's actions |
Time Out | removing a child from play area when hurt, frustrated, or if out of control - is for child to regroup before joining |
Speech | articulation-how sounds are made and rules that govern how they combine voice-use of vocal folds and breathing to produce sound fluency-rhythm of speech |
Language | language comprehension-understanding what others say (speak or write) language production-actually speaking or writing to others |
Phonology | smallest sound unit in a language; sounds a letter or combination of letters make |
Morphology | smallest sound unit that holds meaning |
Synatx | order of words to determine meaning and understanding grammar |
Semantics | knowing meaning of individual words |
Pragmatics | appropriateness and use of language in a social context |