by Katherine Lent
We had our first 'Parenting Session' Tuesday night at PFSF. We are learning to help our children learn to do more positive things and learn to do fewer negative things.
If you miss a class, ask Darla and Autumn for a hardcopy of the missed material.
We discussed why
defining behavior is important. Actions are behaviors; thoughts, feelings and attitudes are not behaviors. Behaviors may be influenced by environment.
The ABC's of behavior are:
A-Antecedent:
The setting or context that occur before behavior and influence behavior.
B-Behavior:
What the child does or does not do.
C- Consequence:
Events that follow behavior and may influence future behavior.
We discussed prompting positive behaviors. We discussed ways that we could be more clear and specific in our directions for children.
* Be specific and clearly define our instruction
* Be calm
* Keep a positive, neutral tone.
* Avoid phrasing in questions such as " Will you please put on your shoes?"
We also discussed trying to keep a less frustrated attitude as parents.
For next session (
Tues. 10/19) think of what behaviors you would like to work on and start observing how often the behavior occurs.
Problem Behaviors/Positive Opposite Behaviors:
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Daily rewards for positive behavior:
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Observe for behavior for ONE hour each day:
I haven't started yet, but I plan to document Corinne's wierd and wonky noises. She make a lot of monstery vocalizations. I guess when I do the documenting I will find out exactly 'when' and 'where' she is doing this and hopefully will get to the 'why' and STOP!!
In the meantime, this morning I kept MY attitude in check and Corinne was very compliant
AND took initiative in her own self care routine this morning. I gave
lots of praise and offered her a surprise reward when she comes home today.
PROGRESS!!
What have you observed or learned this week??
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