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Q: What are some positive behavior management techniques?
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Touch Me Please!
Body contact and touch is a wonderful behavior management tool. Touching conveys positive messages to the child instead of negative. Moving closer to a child or having the child close to you at certain "problem" times is easier than having to stop what you are doing to get the child´s behavior in control. Sometimes, simply using a hand to reach out and touch a child when interrupting or misbehaving is enough to bring their behavior back in line. To find out more ways you can effectively intervene with problem behavior using a positive approach, you may want to read Positive Pointers for Preventing Problem Behavior in Children.
Call The Child´s Bluff
Give a direction to a child and then turn your back and walk away, “expecting” them to follow through instead of “waiting to see” if they actually do. Yes, you may have to hold your breath hoping they will actually do what you asked. And yes, this is calling their bluff! But what is happening here is that you are removing the power struggle. With your back turned, they have no one to fight. Sometimes, they just decide to give in and do what was asked! For an online course on behavior management, you may want to visit When Time-Out & Stickers Don´t Work.
