Kelso's Choices
Kelso’s Choice is a curriculum that assists our children in developing conflict management skills at school, in the community and at home. KELSO’s Choice helps our students differentiate between manageable, "small" problems and those that require adult intervention. It also provides nine tangible skills that can be used to solve "small" problems.
Here is a brief overview of what our students are learning.
In the first lesson taught, the students are taught the difference between “big” and “small” problems. Kelso's Choice assumes that "small" problems can usually be solved by students, and that "big" problems must be shared with an adult. Our students are told small problems occur when their feelings get hurt. For example, a small problem may be when a friend does not share a toy with your child. On the other hand, big problems are things that make a child feel they are in danger or unsafe. Once the students learn the difference between big and small problems, then they are taught the nine ways to solve small problems.
The nine different ways to solve small problems are taught over a multiple lessons.
The nine problem solving skills are:
- Go to Another Game
- Walk Away
- Wait and Cool Off
- Share and Take Turns
- Tell them to stop
- Ignore it
- Talk it out
- Make a Deal
- Apologize
Our students are told that if one way does not work, try at least 2 more ways. Once they have tried to solve the problem three different ways, then they can ask for help by an adult. To help our students remember these 9 ways to solve problems, there will be a KELSO poster in our classroom. In addition, I have attached a copy of the poster.
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