“Helping” not “Making” Your Child Do What You Have Asked.
In this post I will talk about following-through with your child. This means making sure that your child does what you have asked him or her to do. This is…
Functions of Behaviour
In this post I will focus on what motivates your child’s problem behaviour. Problem behaviour is typically reinforced by one of four reasons: escape/avoidance, attention, tangible, or sensory. By reinforced…
Reinforcement vs Punishment
Reinforcement and punishment can sometimes be a puzzling concept, especially when we tend to think of reinforcement as positive and punishment as negative. I think it is important for parents,…
Shaping and Fading On The Autism Spectrum
Shaping and Fading Welcome back to Parent’s Cove! Thanks for clicking on the next post. In the last post, I discussed the difference between reinforcement and punishment and how understanding…
ABCs of Behaviour
Behaviour Is Not Random: “She just sort of freaked out”… “The behaviour happened totally out-of-the-blue”… “I don't know what happened, he just started hitting himself for no reason”. These are…