Understanding challenging behavior (green-red-blue)
We are often confronted with challenging behavior, for example when a child shows very controlling behavior and simply won't stop doing something or insists on having his way. Traditional methods with rational explanations to the...
Early Play & Learning: The 6 Basic Principles
Learning begins with DOING. And doing requires our hands in particular. Young children are usually constantly busy reaching for things, wanting to „have“ them and take them in their hands. And this is of crucial importance, because in this way...
What do children who can't play and learn need?
More and more children have learning difficulties, leading to an autism diagnosis more and more frequently these days. They often have few activities to engage in, leading to a vicious cycle of fewer and fewer new and closer experiences. This...
The Waldon Method I: Where 'Learning to Learn' Begins
How can we help a hard-to-reach child who finds nothing interesting and does and wants to do nothing but run back and forth, bounce, lie around, shake things, throw things, scream, or bite? This is where I often resort to the Waldon Method....
