Ep 46: Unwrapping the Whys: Understanding and Guiding Young Children's Behavior with Claire Turner

Today's episode will be valuable to all of you at this time of year.  I'm looking forward to introducing you to Claire Turner.  As an educator with two decades of experience, Claire provides a unique perspective on positive behavior interventions, collaborative communication, and other valuable team-building topics. Claire is a Kindergarten teacher and serves as the Director of Programs and Lead Educator for W.I.L.D., a ministry of SUMMIT focused on equipping women to root, bloom, and flourish while disciplining others along their journey of leadership development. Claire strives to inspire personal and professional growth in leaders and educators through interactive training courses, including everything from conferences to camping trips.   Claire and I are talking about the motivation behind behavior in young children today.  This episode is a little bit longer than usual, but I think you'll be glad you listened in. We'll focus on attention-seeking behaviors as well as control-seeking behaviors and what you can do in your classroom to reinforce specific positive behaviors. We will also spend some time on the four main motivations of behavior: escape, sensory input, attention, and esteem.   I think what we will really learn is there are underlying motivations in all of our behaviors – adults included. This time of year with more candy, more celebrations, more everything (except sleep!) children can be a little extra challenging…and we have a little patience for their behavior.  I hope this episode gives you a few new tools to use as you help these little ones learn healthy behavior patterns to meet their needs.   Additional Resources:  Find Claire online at SummitLead.org and on Instagram As always, we would love to connect with you on Instagram and on Facebook