Behavior Basics
This is any action a person does that can be seen or measured.
What is behavior?
Catching your child doing the right thing and noting it is an example of this.
What is positive reinforcement?
Your child, who has not many words, bites someone who is in their space.
What is expected behavior?
Telling your child they did a great job cleaning up the blocks as opposed to saying just good job.
What is specific praise?
Before correcting a behavior, parents should make sure expectations are this.
What are clear?
This is what parents do to show children what behavior is acceptable.
What is model?
Giving specific praise is more effective than giving this type of praise.
What is general or vague praise?
Your child gets frustrated and, instead of screaming, signs "help."
What is a replacement behavior?
What are routines?
Children are more likely to follow rules when consequences are this every time.
What is consistent?
This type of consequence increases the likelihood a behavior will happen again.
What is reinforcement?
A reward given after earning a certain number of points or tokens is part of this system.
What is a token economy?
You ignore minor attention-seeking behavior while praising your child for using their words.
Taking a deep breath before responding helps a parent to do this.
What is self-regulate?
This strategy means noticing and praising positive behaviors more often than correcting negative ones.
What is positive attention (or catching your child being good)?
This is the name of a chart that helps identify what is happening before and after a behavior.
What is an ABC chart?
Creating an environment that allows a child to explore is this type of behavior management.
What is proactive behavior management?
Your child earns extra outside play time for following directions.
What is positive reinforcement?
Offering 2 choices helps children have a sense of this.
Instead of reacting after a problem starts, parents can prevent many behaviors by planning ahead. This is called being ______.
What is proactive?
This is the reason or purpose, such as esape, a behavior continues to occur.
What is the function of behavior?
This is the phrase for the alternative of time out.
What is time in?
You should have this before you correct.
What is connection?
Instead of saying, "You're so smart," experts recommend praising this because it helps children build resilience and confidence.
What is effort?
This is the name for a behavior that is exceptionally triggering for a person.
What is a hot button behavior?