Ever found yourself trying to regain control by yelling things like “If you don’t stop fighting over it, I’ll throw that Nintendo Switch out the car window”?
Stop for a moment - that’s just not true, is it? You probably rely on that Switch for a bit of peace and quiet even more than your child does. Besides, it’s you who will foot the bill when the games console does smash off the tarmac. On top of which, your ‘empty’ threats are now just background noise to your kids.
Schools are due to open next week (as with everything, we’re cautiously saying ‘due’ cause goodness knows what can happen in a week in the current environment……). But this year, it’s a back to school like no other year. Families have had a lot to contend with in relation to the interruption to schooling this year:
Stephen Covey says 'Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply'. And he's right - when we're all wrapped up in how we're going to reply to somebody, be it a child; an employee; a patient; a loved one or a disgruntled customer; our listening skills go out the window. So what are the four steps to listening well?
To enhance Soiléir's training capabilities, Soiléir is registered as an Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Provider with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board in the USA which has international recognition.
I'm just back from stunning Salthill on Galway Bay where I was at the Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland's Division of Behaviour Analysis. It's the annual meet up for those who want to geek out, discuss the finer points of 'reinforcement schedules', and get excited over graphs and pie charts. I suppose it’s not everyone’s idea of a good weekend, but it certainly was mine.
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