Behavior Management
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Assisting Children in Coping with a Parent’s Incarceration
In the United States, nearly three million adolescents deal with their parent’s incarceration on a daily basis. Another two million children cited they had ... -
Kinds of Student Misbehavior
Children are no angels. Whether they’re five or fifteen, children act out and misbehave. Sometimes, it’s down to emotions and not having an outlet ... -
Responding to Challenging Student Behavior
Classroom management and learner behavior are often an educator’s main points of concern. It’s essential educators effectively deal with these issues as they can ... -
Limiting Children’s Physical Movement Fuels Challenging Behaviors
We are all aware that exercising is good for our health. Everyone knows it’s better to walk rather than take a cab, to take ... -
Prosocial Behavior: Everything You Need to Know
Prosocial behavior is something that thousands have. This can be beneficial on some level, as an individual’s actions towards others can be based on ... -
Mirror Neurons and Behavior: Everything You Need to Know
Neurons and mirror neurons occur when someone witnesses an act and performs the very same act themselves. Your mind can respond to the action ... -
Positive Reinforcement: Everything You Need to Know
B.F. Skinner highlighted the four types of learning in operant conditioning, including positive reinforcement. So, when you wanted to encourage a target behavior, positive ... -
Negative Reinforcement: Everything You Need to Know
Negative punishment, positive punishment, negative reinforcement, and positive reinforcement have been identified by B.F. Skinner as variants of operant conditioning. Punishment is there to ... -
Extinction: Everything You Need to Know
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) used a technique called extinction. This is used to eliminate or reduce the problem behaviors within a child. Extinction focuses ... -
Adaptive Behavior Skills for Special Needs Kids: Everything You Need to Know
Adaptive behavior skills are often required to do basic things, such as personal grooming. Children should learn these skills at a certain point in ...