Positive Behaviour Support Collective

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'Confusing and shameful world': Meet the parents of the kids who refuse school A growing crisis of school refusal is gripping Australia, leaving families in a hidden struggle with blame, shame and the fear of a lost education.

Disobedience and non-compliance are labeled as evil and immoral by authoritarian people and systems.

But acts of defiance and resistance are often rooted in a strong sense of justice, morality, and Self.

That’s true whether it’s a child refusing to comply at school or a protester refusing to comply at a sit-in.

As MLK Jr. reminds us, “one has a moral respon­si­bil­i­ty to dis­obey unjust laws.”

Let’s empower our children to recognize injustice and “disobey” it. Let’s use our own power of non-compliance to advocate for ourselves and others.

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Posted • In education and in pediatric therapy, we hear the word non-compliance thrown around a lot.

Typically, when we are discussing non-compliance, we are referring to behaviors that hinder or create barriers to our kids’ progress.

The big piece that we are often missing in these discussions is this:

〰️ Non-compliance is self advocacy. By not complying with tasks, children are taking the first steps toward becoming a leader in their lives.

〰️ For so many kids, the power of no is the one tool they have to demonstrate autonomy and communicate preferences.

〰️ Rather than finding methods to increase compliance, it is our role to find ways to interpret and respect our students when they are communicating “no”.