Kids prefer positive attention from their parents/caregivers, but they prefer this over NO attention.
What is negative attention
Praise, Reflect, Imitate, Describe, and Enjoy!
What are the PRIDE skills?
Taking a slow deep breath
What is one way to relax? What is a relaxation exercise?
Sitting and doing 1-1 play is best when it is done this frequently.
What is every day?
Strategically giving no attention to a minor misbehavior is an example of using what skill?
What is strategic ignoring?
Commands, Questions, and Criticisms
What are the Avoid skills?
Relaxation exercises help parents to do this and it helps demonstrate this to our kids.
What is regulating emotions? or calming down when we are upset?
Pretend play toys like animals, toy food, or building toys.
What are good toys for 1-1 play?
Whatever behavior gets a parent to turn from what they are doing to their child, this behavior will do this.
What is go up?
Using PRIDE skills does this to a child's internal bank account?
What is "fills it up?"
Using relaxation exercises can help parents to react in this way to children.
What is calm, patient, and loving?
At the end of 1-1 play your child wants to keep playing. This is what you should do.
What is end playtime and clean up the toys or let your child keep playing and you do something else for at least 10 minutes.