Post by momofautistic on Mar 12, 2005 17:28:49 GMT -5
Did anyone else happen to catch the DR.Phil show
on friday 3-11-05 about ADD & ADHD ? While
all of the information talked about was stuff that I
learned in behaviorol modification class, I really
liked Dr. Phil's way of explaining 2 major points.
The first deals with- possitive reinforcement-
(possitive) not nessecarly a good thing but something
that increases the likelyhood of a behavior (good or
bad) <<< that was the way the class explained it.
Dr. Phil gave this example using a situation of a child
resisting going to bed. the child cries about going to bed,
the parent doesn't give in, the child cries screams and
hits, the parent doesnt give in, the child wets himself
verbally threatens parent or has a coughing attack,
the parent says ok fine stay up!
The last behavior before the pay off was reinforced.
The father then replied with one of my favorite sayings
" well you pick your battles" but how do you know which
battles are critical and which arnt worth fighting?
Dr.Phil replied " thats right you do pick your battle's
and thats fine whats important is that the ones you pick
to battle you never loose." For example if your child
is writing on the walls and you dont feel like dealing
with it, don't see it! but if you see it and start the battle,
you must prevail. Otherwise your teaching the child
that he is in control.
on friday 3-11-05 about ADD & ADHD ? While
all of the information talked about was stuff that I
learned in behaviorol modification class, I really
liked Dr. Phil's way of explaining 2 major points.
The first deals with- possitive reinforcement-
(possitive) not nessecarly a good thing but something
that increases the likelyhood of a behavior (good or
bad) <<< that was the way the class explained it.
Dr. Phil gave this example using a situation of a child
resisting going to bed. the child cries about going to bed,
the parent doesn't give in, the child cries screams and
hits, the parent doesnt give in, the child wets himself
verbally threatens parent or has a coughing attack,
the parent says ok fine stay up!
The last behavior before the pay off was reinforced.
The father then replied with one of my favorite sayings
" well you pick your battles" but how do you know which
battles are critical and which arnt worth fighting?
Dr.Phil replied " thats right you do pick your battle's
and thats fine whats important is that the ones you pick
to battle you never loose." For example if your child
is writing on the walls and you dont feel like dealing
with it, don't see it! but if you see it and start the battle,
you must prevail. Otherwise your teaching the child
that he is in control.
