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Growing Together

Lawrence Pradell, MDStaff Pediatrician, Nemours Pediatrics at Peoples Plaza

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College

Discipline and Time Out

Discipline and Time Out

Goals for Tonight’s Talk:

Discipline and the Rules Children Learn, as a set of Laws or Guidelines

Perspective and its importance on this subject:– From the parent– From the child– From the health care provider

Discipline and Time Out

Behavior and the “Quick Fix”

What we will not do tonight

Discipline and Time Out

Discipline:

The application of social rules in

response to behavior

(a working definition)

Discipline and Time Out

Children learn through observation, discovering patterns in the environment around them, both with objects and with

people.

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Children apply their knowledge:

– Learn to navigate the environment,

– The “Rules” of how things work allow the child to master tasks to meet their needs.

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Perspective:

Behavior Problem

Parent

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Perspective:

Behavior Problem

Child

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Perspective:

Behavior Problem

Pediatrician

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Pediatrician’s Foremost Concerns:

Does the behavior concern brought by the caregiver suggest an underlying problem in the development or behavior of the child?

Or

Does the behavior concern suggest a problem in the caregiving of the parent that carries significant impact for this child’s progress and safety?

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Specifics of the behavior concern:

– Who– What– Where– When

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What is the response the child is getting for the current behavior?

Could this response be rewarding, from the child’s point of view?

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Desirable Qualities of a Response:

– Immediate

– Intense

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TIME OUT: Features of a Successful Program

Initiated by the Specific Unwanted Behavior

Immediate and Certain

Attention Witholding

Performed by a Calm and Neutral Adult

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Questions?