Shaping

<font face="Comic Sans MS" font color="FF00FF">Shaping is a very effective Emotional.lifetips.com/cat/57243/bag-of-tricks-behavior-management-strategies/index.html">behavior management tool. It involves positively reinforcing very small steps towards the behavior you want, or the goal behavior. For example: A child does not talk is not social with peers. Praise the child for watching the others and being aware of what they are doing. Next, praise the child if s/he move near other children or plays with the same toys they do. Continue on until the child has actually joined the group.