Live Lecture on Supporting Self-Regulation through Guidance and Problem Solving - Logical and Natural Consequences plus Positive Problem Solving

It is inevitable that children run into problems in their development.  Parents, siblings, teachers, and other caregivers have major roles in assisting children in their behavior, relations with others, and in solving problems.  Research indicates that positive guidance is the best for supporting self-regulation.  Using learning-focused guidance supports children learning how to problem solve and use language for solving disagreements.  Problem solving strategies are tools of the mind!

Rufolf Dreikurs described a "new tradition in child rearing" using concepts of positive guidance, called logical and natural consequences.  Dreikur's focus was always on learning rather than controlling.  Other authors have detailed positive, and inductive forms of problem solving, where the child is actively involved in coming up with the solution.  The focus, again, is on learning and does not use power to arbitrarily control the child's behavior, except in situations of safety. 

Below you will find a link to a Live Lecture on Problem Solving, Logical and Natural Consequences.  There is a separate file on the suggested 8-step problem solving process for your convenience, following this file.

Click on the green words to start the video.  It will come up in a new screen which you can maximize.