Post on 15-Mar-2016
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Growing Together
Lawrence Pradell, MDStaff Pediatrician, Nemours Pediatrics at Peoples PlazaClinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College
Discipline and Time Out
Discipline and Time Out
Goals for Tonight’s Talk: Discipline and the Rules Children Learn, as
a set of Laws or Guidelines Perspective and its importance on this
subject:– From the parent– From the child– From the health care provider
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Behavior and the “Quick Fix”
What we will not do tonight
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Discipline:
The application of social rules in response to behavior(a working definition)
Discipline and Time Out
Children learn through observation, discovering patterns in the environment around them, both with objects and with
people.
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Children apply their knowledge:
– Learn to navigate the environment,
– The “Rules” of how things work allow the child to master tasks to meet their needs.
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Perspective:
Behavior Problem
Parent
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Perspective:
Behavior Problem
Child
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Perspective:
Behavior Problem
Pediatrician
Discipline and Time OutPediatrician’s Foremost Concerns:
Does the behavior concern brought by the caregiver suggest an underlying problem in the development or behavior of the child?
OrDoes the behavior concern suggest a problem in
the caregiving of the parent that carries significant impact for this child’s progress and safety?
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Specifics of the behavior concern:
– Who– What– Where– When
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What is the response the child is getting for the current behavior?
Could this response be rewarding, from the child’s point of view?
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Desirable Qualities of a Response:
– Immediate
– Intense
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TIME OUT: Features of a Successful Program
Initiated by the Specific Unwanted Behavior Immediate and Certain Attention Witholding Performed by a Calm and Neutral Adult
Discipline and Time Out
Questions?