How Do You Use A Behavior Modification Program For Kids?
Behavior Modification is a very structured, organized method of teaching children how to replace negative or inappropriate behaviors with positive, appropriate ones. Identify the behaviors you want to change. Examples include lying, hitting, refusing to follow directions, leaving things lying around, or arguing. Generally you want to start with one to two behaviors because this will help your child stay focused and will allow you to monitor them more closely. Remember that this can also be something that your child is not doing and that you would like to see him or her start doing. Identify the behavior you want to see. For instance, if your behavior to change is arguing, you need to decide what you would like your child to do instead of arguing. Options might include accepting a decision, negotiating with a sibling, or walking away from the situation. The behavior you want to see (the replacement behavior) is going to be very specific depending on what the context of the arguing is (w
