Tag: child behavior

Simple strategies improve child behaviour || Estrategias simples mejoran el comportamiento de los niños

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Children engage in behaviours, that adults might not like, for a variety of reasons, some of these are: Makes them feel good (e.g., eating, playing)Curiosity (e.g., they want to know what is in a hole, so they put their hands in it; they want to know what a leaf tastes like, so they lick it)The … Continue reading Simple strategies improve child behaviour || Estrategias simples mejoran el comportamiento de los niños

Coercive Parent-Child Interaction Cycle || Ciclo de interacción coercitiva entre padres e hijos

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What is a coercive parent-child interaction cycle? Externalizing behaviors, such as tantrums, are common in young children. However, if these behaviors persist long term they can have negative immediate and long-term impacts on the child and their family (e.g., externalizing behaviour has been linked to poor social and academic performance, increased parental stress) [1-4]. In … Continue reading Coercive Parent-Child Interaction Cycle || Ciclo de interacción coercitiva entre padres e hijos

Token charts || Tablas de fichas

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Token charts are a great tool for increasing desired behavior. The overall aim of tokens charts is increase a desired behavior to the point that it becomes a habit. Once the behavior has become a habit you can fade away the token chart. When implementing token charts it is important to focus on one behavior … Continue reading Token charts || Tablas de fichas

What to praise: Home || Que elogiar: en el hogar

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Below is a list of common behaviors children engage in at home along with examples of how to praise these behaviors. BehaviorLabelled praisePlaying nicelyAwesome job playing nicely with your toysDrawing/colouringNice drawing/ awesome colouringGetting dressedGreat job getting dressed on your ownGetting dressed - with helpI like how you let mummy/daddy help you put your shirt onFollowing … Continue reading What to praise: Home || Que elogiar: en el hogar

Labelled praise || Elogios etiquetados

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Labelled praise Children crave attention, especially from their parents. They therefore tend to engage in behaviors that they find result in the most attention from their parents, sometimes these behaviors can be inappropriate/undesirable behaviors (e.g., banging objects until mum/dad pays attention to them, pulling leaves of beloved plants). Inappropriate/undesired behaviors are not easy to ignore … Continue reading Labelled praise || Elogios etiquetados