Chapter 10 - Managing Behavior
Allow Time to Cooperate
Make sure you give your child enough time to
respond to your instruction before you repeat it. If your
child is deeply interested in what he/she's doing, it might
take some time to shift his/her attention to you. There is
no need to continue giving the same instruction again and
again. You are assisting him/her by getting his/her attention,
stating the instruction simply and waiting for cooperation.
You are making sure that success will happen.
Example
| No Time to Cooperate |
Enough Time to Cooperate |
| You say all of this without
stopping: "Bring me your shoe. Go get your
shoe now. Didn't you hear me? I said for you to get up
and get your shoe now." |
You say: "Bring
me your shoe." (Wait
at least 5 seconds for your child to begin to move
toward the shoe.) |
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