Podcast | We Aren't Teaching Kids Actual Problem-Solving Skills

In this podcast episode, Sara Olsher and Danielle Bettmann discuss teaching kids problem-solving skills and helping kids manage overwhelm as protective factors that help children avoid mental health crises. A few points:
Teachers and school counselors also struggle with differentiating between a big deal and a little deal when addressing children's problems.
Imagining the problem as a piece of paper and throwing it in the trash can is not an effective problem-solving technique for children.
Executive function skills are necessary for effective problem-solving, and assumptions that children already know how to do it can create confusion and frustration.
Children come to adults for help because they do not know what to do, so dismissing them is not helpful.
Teaching children alternatives, options, and how to handle problems themselves is essential for their long-term problem-solving skills.

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