How Paraprofessionals Can Neutralize Arguments with Love and Logic

Love and Logic Behavior Management for Paraprofessionals Rebecca Case, ED.S. 5/09

History
Love and Logic was developed by Jim Fay and Dr. Foster W. Cline in 1977
They have a combined 75 years of working with and raising their own children
Teaches adults how to develop responsible children through, empathy, decision making, and consequences

Key Concepts
Locking in sadness or empathy
Enforceable Statements
Sharing control
Building relationships
Neutralizing arguing
Delay The Consequence

Locking in sadness/empathy
Establishing that you care about their distress/problem
Sadness over bad decisions
Opens the mind to thinking
Avoids fight or flight

Enforceable Statements
Basis for classroom policies
Only rules/procedures that are able to be carried out with logical consequences should be used
State what you will do not what they can’t do.
“ I take quiet students to …”

Sharing Control
Provide choices when it’s convenient and when you are comfortable about it.
Provide choices before they whine.
Avoid allowing them to manipulate you.

Student/Teacher Relationships
One Sentence Intervention
Specific positive praise
Attribution Theory

Neutralizing Arguing
Use one-liners
I respect you too much to argue
Smile
Post a sign for when you’re available to argue.

Anticipatory Consequence
Deal with disruption with a delay
Empathy first
Consequences will happen, but “don’t worry about it until later”

References
http://www. loveand logic.com
www. loveandlogic forum .com

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How Paraprofessionals Can Neutralize Arguments with Love and Logic

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