Dealing with very challenging behaviour

Wait a few minutes.

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Late again?

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Don't start the activity yet!

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Good to see you. Is everything okay?

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You’ve done part 1 of this well and I think you could improve part 2 if you look at it again.

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Why did you do that?

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You’ve done part 1 of this well but you need to do part 2 again.

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Tell me what happened from your point of view.

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When you look out of the window when I am talking, I think you are not listening.

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You are not listening. Listen!

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