Conflict is normal, it is how we learn to solve issues. \u00a0It’s how we handle it, that counts. \u00a0Do we get angry, and say and do things we later regret (break things or hurt someone’s feelings)? \u00a0Or do we take time to calm down, consider the situation and use our words to negotiate a win – win solution?<\/p>\n
There will always be situations that we are not in agreement over. \u00a0There will always be people who annoy us or ‘push our buttons’ or ‘trigger’ us in some way. \u00a0At River Oaks Elementary, we teach students to use different ways \/ \u00a0tools to solve differences with others and handle annoying people. \u00a0We teach calming techniques i.e., take deep breaths, count to 10, take a walk and get a drink of water, write in a journal or talk to a trusted person. \u00a0We also teach a strategie called ‘De-Bug’. \u00a01. \u00a0Ignore (don’t look at them or talk back (no arguing); turn your shoulder to that person) \u00a02. Talk friendly<\/span> the first time and tell the person to stop. \u00a03. \u00a0Talk firmly<\/span> and tell the person to stop. 4. \u00a0Move away. \u00a0 \u00a05. Tell an Adult.<\/p>\n These are just a few of the strategies that we use at River Oaks Elementary. \u00a0As adults, its helpful to practice these strategies first, keep ourselves calm and ‘grounded’ and in doing so we will be role models for our children in positively handling conflict.<\/p>\n If you have any questions or comments or would like to talk it out about your personal situation with your child, please don’t hesitate to contact me by calling 313 827-8660 \u00a0Ms. Leslie A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Conflict is normal, it is how we learn to solve issues. \u00a0It’s how we handle it, that counts. \u00a0Do we get angry, and say and do things we later regret (break things or hurt someone’s feelings)? \u00a0Or do we take time to calm down, consider the situation and use our words to negotiate a win […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1061,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/adadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/adadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/adadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/adadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1061"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/adadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/adadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/adadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/adadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/adadow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}