WEEK 9

Time Out

"Discipline Strategies for children Disobedience and Hitting or Distructive Behaviours"


Notes About Time Out

• Be polite
• Be prepared for testing
• Monitor anger in order to avoid exploding suddenly; give warnings
• Give five minute Time Outs with 2 minutes silence at the end
• Carefully limit the number of behaviours for which Time Out is used and use consistently
• Use Time Out consistently for chosen misbehaviuors
• Don't threaten Time Out unless you're prepared to follow through
• ignore child while in Time Out
• Use nonviolent approaches such as loss of privileges as a back-up to Time Out
• Follow through with completing Time Out
• Hold children responsible for cleaning messes in Time Out
• Support a partner's use of Time Out
• Don't rely exclusively on Time Out- combine with other discipline techniques, such as, ignoring, logical consequences and problem-solving
• Expect repeated learning trials
• Build up bank account with praise, love and support
• Use personal Time Out to relax and refuel energy
• Use Time Out for destructive behaviors and times when your child's misbehavior cannot be ignored. Start by choosing just one behavior to work on. When that behavior is no longer a problem, choose another behavior to work on
• Give immediate Time Out for hitting and destructive acts, however for non-compliance one warning may be given
• Ignore inapproprate behaviors such as screaming, whining, teasing, arguing, swearing and tantrums
• Praise positive behavior as often as possible

Home Activities For The Week

1) PRAISE your child for complying with commands

2) CHOOSE an appropiate and safe place for Time Out

3) EXPLAIN to your child how Time Out works and when it will be used

4) RECORD an example of how you used Time Out this week

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