About a year ago, I was speaking with a center director who told me that her teachers' biggest struggle with behavior is getting children to follow directions!
Yep. She said that direction-following - not physical aggression - was the most spoken about challenging behavior concern for her staff.
I wasn’t surprised.
That’s because around the same time, I had surveyed the members in our Transform Challenging Behavior Teachers’ Club and discovered the same thing!
The #1 biggest struggle reported when it comes to challenging behavior was:
“How to get children to listen, cooperate, pay attention, follow directions, etc..”
See for yourself….
(From the actual Google form results - listening/following directions is the blue pie slice):
Preventing physical aggression was the #2 reported concern - so it IS a concern! Just not the #1 concern. Interesting, no?
So what’s a bigger concern for you - listening and following directions OR aggression?
Let me know in the comments below!
INCREASE DIRECTION-FOLLOWING DURING transitions
With the Transitions Tipsheet you’ll get 5 Simple Tips for prevent tantrums and resistance during clean-up, circle time, coming inside, and rest time so that your classroom is full of ease and joy. Click the button to download it below.
