Building
This increases the likelihood that a desirable behavior will be repeated.
What is Positive Reinforcement?
This can shift the child to a safer, more appropriate behaviour without escalating the situation.
Educators will use this to help children learn to make responsible choices without adult pressure- as long as it is safe.
What is Natural Consequences?
Use this to teach children social rules through practice.
What is Modeling?
Use this to help prepare children for upcoming changes, reducing anxiety and improving cooperation.
What is Warning?
This helps children know exactly what behaviour to repeat.
What is Guidelines?
These can give children a safe and appropriate way to express big feelings or high energy.
What is Acceptable Outlets?
Educators will use this with students who are developmentally able to use their thinking skills to allow them to understand cause and effect more deeply.
What is Logical Consequences?
What is Reasoning?
Use this with minor Attention Seeking behaviours to help shift from inappropriate behaviour to appropriate.
Use this to ensure you are not reinforcing inappropriate behaviour that is minor attention seeking.
What is Ignoring?
This helps children build their confidence and focus on effort not perfection.
What is Encouragement?
We can use this carefully to strengthen positive behavioural habits by reminding children what they did correctly.
What is Praising?
Use this for children to understand the why behind rules and guidelines. This can make them more internally motivated to follow them.
What is Reasoning?
Use this when teaching children emotion vocabulary and coping skills.
What is Modeling?
Use this paired with other techniques because it builds the cognitive foundation for future moral understanding; repeated explanations help children gradually develop perspective‑taking and internal motivation, even if they can’t apply it in the moment.
What is Reasoning?
Using these can build positive behaviour early on before challenging mistaken behaviour occurs
What is Positive Reinforcement?
We can use this over Praise if we want to help students take risks by boosting their confidence in their ability to improve.
What is Encouragement?
Use this only when you can follow through on the decision of the student. This establishes trust and an appropriate amount of control.
What is Offering Choices?
This can be very useful during transitions as it can give children a sense of agency.
What is Offering Choices?
A child has taken another child's toy. You want the child to understand that their actions affect others and can hurt them. These two techniques will help reinforce this.
What is Reasoning and Logical Consequence?
What is Reasoning and Redirection?
This can motivate children to be persistent and can strengthen problem solving skills.
What is Encouragement?
This can help children interrupt a negative cycle and help reset the child emotionally.
What is Redirecting?
Use this to de-escalate big feelings and help a child understand how they are feeling.
This should be used to help children follow a predictable routine and structure that makes children feel safe and secure.
What is Setting Limits/Guidelines?
A child refuses to transition to a new activity. You want them understand that transitions can be predictable and they can prepare themselves for change. You can use this strategy.
What is Warning?