Incredible Years
{This Blank} is a type of intervention encourages parents and caregivers learn how to use specific skills and strategies to address behavioral challenges.
Parental coaching
Slow, intentional breathing, such as taking five deep breaths, activates the parasympathetic nervous system to reduce stress instantly.
Deep breathing
Ignoring, evading, or running away from problems or uncomfortable emotions.
Avoidance/Escapism
{This Blank} based on the idea that our thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, and behaviors are all interconnected.
CBT
Cognitive
Behavior
Therapy
{This Blank} uses talking and other communication techniques with a trained professional to help people understand and change troubling emotions, thoughts, and behaviors.
Therapy
{This blank} the expression of approval, admiration, or commendation for someone's achievements, qualities, or actions
What is Praise
Engaging in physical movement—such as going for a walk, dancing, or stretching—helps release tension and improves mood.
Physical/Movement
Turning to drugs, alcohol, or nicotine to numb emotional pain or manage stress.
Self-Medication
Unlike traditional therapies that delve deep into the past, CBT primarily focuses on current problems and finding solutions for them. It addresses present-day triggers and how they contribute to current distress.
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Here & NOW
Gathering of people sharing similar experiences, such as medical conditions, grief, or mental health struggles- who connect to share coping strategies, reduce isolation, and provide emotional support for a fee at times.
support group
{This Blank} is a 5–15 minute daily, child-led, one-on-one, screen-free interaction that builds trust, improves behavior, and strengthens the parent-child bond by offering undivided attention.
What is Special Time
This includes techniques, such as the 5-4-3-2-1 technique (noticing surroundings), or meditation help bring your focus back to the present moment, breaking the cycle of worry.
Grounding/Mindfulness
Disengaging from tasks or social situations rather than managing the stressor.
Giving Up/Behavioral Disengagement
A central goal is to help individuals recognize and challenge "automatic negative thoughts" (ANTs)—fleeting, often unconscious negative thoughts that lead to irrational beliefs. CBT helps reframe these into more rational, realistic thoughts.
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Automatic Thoughts
{This Blank} is a free service that offers a personal guide to help prevent relapse, offering support, friendship, and accountability.
Sponsor
{This Blank} is to help children become more motivated, persist in tasks, and modify or continue positive behaviors based on the language the teacher uses in the classroom.
Social/Emotional Coaching
Reaching out to friends, family, or a counselor for emotional support helps reduce the burden of stress.
Mentally rehashing negative events and blaming oneself for them.
Self-Blame/Rumination
CBT is a "doing" therapy, not just a "talking" therapy. It is usually time-limited (5-20 sessions) and structured, often involving "homework" between sessions, such as keeping a journal, practicing new skills, or behavioral experiments.
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Action-Oriented and Structured
{This Blank} peer-led support group based on12-step spiritual principles, focusing on long-term abstinence and community support.
AA/NA
{This Blank} positive motivators—such as stickers, extra screen time, praise, or small treats—given immediately after desired behavior to encourage its repetition.
Reward/Incentive
Writing down thoughts and feelings can provide clarity, help process emotions, and reframe negative situations positively.
Journaling/Meaning making
Engaging in dangerous or impulsive acts to create a sense of control or feel a rush.
Impulsive Risk-Taking
A major goal of CBT is to help individuals learn to become their own therapists. Through the skills learned, patients gain tools to manage future difficulties and prevent relapses long after the therapy ends.
Empowerment and Self-Therapy
Addressing physical and mental needs to manage stress.
Practice Self-Care (Holistic Health)