Good Commands
Tell a 3 year old to clean up all their toys and then set the table for dinner is this kind of command
What is a bad command? too complicated? not developmentally appropriate?
This is how long to wait after giving a good command before you give a time out warning.
What is 5 seconds?
An adult sized chair, a small area of the home that is safe
What are good places for time out?
Lecturing your child about why they were in time out and getting them to agree to stop doing that.
What is unhelpful, not part of the time out sequence, like banging your head into a wall?
Instead of telling a child what to stop doing you should do this.
What is telling a child what TO do/ stating command positively
Getting louder and angrier when you give the time out warning.
What is an ineffective way to do the time out sequence? / not being calm, quiet, and boring?
During time out, scrolling your phone, arguing with your child to get them to be quiet, telling them you are not going to let them out until they are quiet.
What is doing an ineffective time out/ what is not staying "on duty"/ what is not being calm quiet and boring.
You let your child out of time out after this.
What is 3 min plus 5 second of calm and quiet?
An example of a good command
What is ....
"Please pick up the ____."
etc.
When your child just got out of time out and they don't do the original command you do this.
What is take them straight back to time out without a warning?
Calmly and gently guide your child back to the time out location and say, "Sit here until I tell you to get out"
What is how to respond when your child gets out of time out?
Calmly tell your child to complete the original command.
What do you do after letting your child out of time out?