(One minute read) Giving feedback, both positive and negative, is an important part of teaching social skills and is also part of life. AND there’s a way to do it that makes it more effective and palatable.Quick Tip: Use the word “AND” instead of “BUT” Why? When we give feedback and use the word “but” […]
(One minute read) Sometimes I break my head (well, not literally) trying to figure out how to explain certain abstract social concepts to kids. Or how to get a kid to take the perspective of others. A simple, yet powerful strategy is the “Un”Golden Rule. Well, the Golden Rule is to treat others how you
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(One minute read) What do you do when a child nags and nags, and the red and green picture was not enough to help the child, teen, (or young adult) stop or decrease the behavior?Your can write a social story that helps them understand a bit more about nagging and what it feels like to
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(One minute read) What do you do when a child nags and nags and nags and nags and nags?You have several options here. First, you can draw a red and green picture demonstrating the behaviors of red –“nagging” and green – “asking once and accepting ‘No’ for an answer.” Did you know…uThis picture was taken
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(One minute read) I was doing a school evaluation on 5-year old David who had a history of lots of aggressive and hurtful behaviors, and then the bell rang. The teacher called up one row at a time so that the students would get their coats. Suddenly, David grabbed Sophia, a petite sweet classmate, and
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(One minute read) What is the #1 antidote to resistance and behavioral problems in children with special needs? Parents of children with special needs know better than anyone else that typical and simple tasks that happen every single day and should take no more than a few minutes to complete, can take hours and hours,
(One minute read) If you are doing a reward system in your home, or you are guiding parents to reward their children for green behaviors through tickets and praise, what is the magical number of tickets and/or praise parents should be giving in order for them to see REAL change quickly?Well, that magical number is
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(One minute read) What do you do when you give your child a Chanukah gift, and before you know it, she is already complaining and unhappy about it?How about showing the child the difference between “Showing Appreciation” and “Being Ungrateful”? Here is a red and green picture that depicts it clearly. (Step #2 of RGBTTM)
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(One minute read) What can you do when a child keeps asking irrelevant questions or makes irrelevant comments in class or at the Shabbos table? What if you’ve already told them nicely, maybe 125 times, that “we’re not talking about that right now!”Per Red Green Behavior TherapyTM, we believe that if a behavior happens repeatedly,
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(One minute read) In many ways, teaching social skills is similar to teaching math, reading, writing, chumash, music, or anything else. If you are a good teacher, your students will soak up what you teach.What are the 3 Most Important Teaching Ingredients to keep in mind? Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Yoseif Glanz Click here to learn what
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