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Millions of young American children are diagnosed with impulsivity and attention problems. Is this because they all wake up predisposed to ruin someone's day? Or are the settings in which they spend their time failing to positively engage their attention and capture their imagination? Can we find ways to reduce behavior challenges by the activities we select, the arrangement of our spaces, the way we group and manage children, and the way we respond to noncompliant behavior? Calling himself an eco-behaviorist, Dr. Dale Borman Fink responds to questions about behavioral issues, focusing on the relationship between the way children behave and the way we set up our learning, caring, and play environments.
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