What is an example of a strategy or activity from Why is Johnny so Detached?
All of the activities have the ability to have a care-provider involved. A guiding strategy to have close communications with home is so important and often vital to success of behavior discipline interventions or relationship skill building approaches. For students with intense behavior or manipulation, this type of care-prodiver involvement is strongly recommended. ME AT SCHOOL involves going over a list of behaviors related to the student’s functioning (e.g.: acting safe, feeling safe, being responsible, trusting others). Child and parent talk through and give some ratings on these different issues to see strengths and weaknesses. This allows for the child’s perceptions to be seen, response to adult feedback, and response to key issues to be assessed. The child’s thinking and beliefs about school, school work, adults, and peers starts to come out and can be addressed in a more supportive and strengths-based manner. There are then follow-up activities to address lying, distrust, usin
