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Listening to behaviour

Listening means a lot more silence from professionals

Jun 1, 20222 min read

What do you know?

It's been a tricky few weeks, with lots on my mind; I'm sure lots of readers can identify with those weeks. The ones where you really don't feel you have enough in the tank to do all the things you can usually do well & just enough to juggle the priorities. This happens from time to time. Families may be unwell, other members of the house have competing priorities, time is poor and resources limited. Such is the adult world of uncertainty we live in. From time to time it can

Apr 20, 20227 min read

Why they don't listen?

All communication is behaviour. Most adults know how it feels to be unheard, to be speaking and have someone tune out or ask multiple times for the same information, they may not have taken down the details first time. Communication is behaviour. If there are challenges with communication, examining what occurred before the communication, what the behaviour looks like and the consequence (ABC) helps to understand how to improve retaining the information next time. There are

Mar 5, 20229 min read

Identifying behaviour

Identifying behaviour when there is a lot going on, can be challenging for most. Sometimes it can feel like it's not one specific 'thing', more a series of events from the time the morning begins or the car trip, going into the supermarket or having friends over. A behaviour specialist may examine the topography of the behaviour, so as to narrow down the specific behaviour or 'target' behaviour needing attention, support and change. The topography means describing the behavio

Jan 1, 20211 min read