Product reviews for Changing Perceptions

In Changing Perceptions: Deciphering the language of behaviour, Graham Chatterley shares how shifting adult mindsets can positively impact students. The author starts and ends the book with the premise that children do not need our assumptions about or excuses for their behaviour. They do need to feel loved and safe and treated as the individuals they are.

The book underlies the behaviours seen in schools and provides a recipe at the end of each chapter with ingredients plus don’ts and dos. The recipes are a synthesis and set of tools for moving individuals and systems from doing to students to doing with them.

The book concludes with a process for writing synthesized, useable and revisable plans to support students in learning the skills of self-regulation, resilience and repair. These plans, written with knowledge of the student, an open mind, flexibility and prevention are critical tools for supporting students and staff.