Therapy
Relapse Prevention
Family/Relationships
Psychological Evaluation
Alternatives to Punishment
- Anticipate, plan, prevent. Practice prevention of misbehavior to avoid punishment. Anticipate situations in which misbehavior is likely and plan for prevention.
- Acknowledge the feeling. Communicate the limit. Tell the consequence. I can see you are really angry at your sister, but hitting is not allowed in our house. You can apologize to your sister by giving her a hug and saying “Sorry”.
- Describe the misbehavior. Give information. I see spilled juice on the floor. The floor is now very slippery.
- Describe the misbehavior. State your feelings. I see spilled juice on the floor. It makes me angry, because I just washed the floor and I don’t want to wash it again.
- Describe good behavior. You cleaned up the spilled juice all by yourself!
- Point out a way to be helpful. You can really help me by choosing some oranges to put in our shopping basket.
- Give choices. You are a big boy and can choose what to wear. Do you want a green shirt or a red shirt today? You can get dressed and go play outside or you can be in your pajamas and stay in your room.
- Problem-solving OK, it seems to be a problem for you to get dressed in the morning. What do you think will help you get dressed faster?
