The One-Minute Temper Tantrum Solution : Strategies for Responding to Children′s Challenging Behaviors

This resource examines developmental, situational, physical, and temperamental factors that can trigger tantrums and provides effective interventions to help teachers avoid long-term negative consequences for children. 'Mah′s new book is fantastic! It simplifies the different types of temper tantrums into a manageable approach for educators and child care professionals.'—Kelly Van Raden, Career Advocate for Early Care and EducationChild Care LinksLearn what ignites tantrums and how you can prevent them or lessen their impact!In clear and understandable language, this invaluable resource explains what′s happening when a child throws a tantrum or exhibits other disruptive behaviors. The book offers specific guidance and directions to help teachers meet the challenge of a temper tantrum when it occurs while also increasing their awareness of their own expectations, beliefs, and reactions to children′s aggressive behaviors. In The One-Minute Temper Tantrum Solution, Ronald Mah examines developmental, situational, physical, and temperamental factors that can trigger acting-out behaviors and explores four types of tantrums—manipulative, upset, helpless, and cathartic—that can appear as verbal and/or physical outbursts. With a wealth of examples, vignettes, and easy-to-implement strategies that help educators avoid long-term negative consequences for children, this accessible book:Offers interventions for managing each type of tantrumExplains how tactics based on distracting, ignoring, or shaming can lead to escalationAddresses tantrums that may be related to disabilitiesIncludes a chapter dealing with misdiagnosed tantrums and how to respond appropriatelyBased on sensitive, caring principles that nurture and support all children, this practical book can also be used alongside Mah′s Difficult Behavior in Early Childhood, which covers issues underlying harmful behaviors. "In clear and understandable language, this resource explains what happens within a child when throwing a tantrum (verbal and/or physical) or exhibiting other disruptive behaviors, and offers teachers specific guidance and directions to meet the challenge. The One-Minute Temper Tantrum Solution helps teachers assess their beliefs about, and reactions to, children's aggressive behaviors to increase awareness of their own expectations and assumptions."--Publisher description Orderly assessment to successful intervention Developmental factors Situational, physical, and disruption factors Temperamental factors Systemic factors Specific or specialized factors and moral factors Four types of temper tantrums! not always about power and control Manipulative tantrums- power and control Upset temper tantrums- distress Helpless temper tantrums- not distress, but despair Stress and the cathartic tantrum Getting it wrong and getting it right. Contents ......Page 6 01......Page 20 02......Page 28 03......Page 40 04......Page 50 05......Page 60 06 ......Page 70 07......Page 82 08......Page 92 09......Page 102 10......Page 112 11......Page 122 12......Page 130 Conclusion ......Page 142 References ......Page 146 Index ......Page 152 This resource explains what happens within a child when throwing a tantrum, whether verbal or physical, or exhibiting other disruptive behaviours, and offers teachers specific guidance and directions to meet the challenge