Exhibit belief in the child's or adolescent's positive attributes |
Find words to describe the attributes of the child or adolescent in positive terms |
Identify the child's or adolescent's areas of strength and highlight those skills and their contribution to the family's well-being[1] |
Accept the unique pattern of the child's or adolescent's strengths and weaknesses |
Emphasize effort rather than achievement |
Emphasize the value of education |
Establish realistic expectations |
Praise success and avoid frustration by matching tasks to the child's or adolescent's level of functioning and interests |
Align expectations with child's or adolescent's capabilities, considering personal temperament, moral development, and learning style |
Communicate realistic expectations and celebrate effort to achieve a skill or goal |
Prepare the child or adolescent for new situations to ensure success |
Match expectations to child's or adolescent's temperament |
Teach socially acceptable methods of requesting information or stating personal desires |
Recognize the individual's unique learning style |
Monitor books that the child chooses to read independently to prevent undue frustration; helping the child to choose books at his or her "independent" reading level (99% accuracy); reading the age-appropriate books that are beyond the child's independent reading level aloud to the child[2] |
Use many senses to assist a child to learn information |
Provide the child or adolescent with the opportunity to assume responsibility |
Encourage independence (in situations where the child or adolescent is likely to be successful) to enhance self-esteem |
Give the individual household and personal tasks that are within the ability of the individual |
Permit the individual to experience the management of money, considering age and ability to self-regulate |
Assist children and adolescents to manage their modes of transportation independently, as appropriate for age and level of self-regulation |
Encourage decision-making |
Improve social skills and provide opportunities for successful social interaction |
Keep children abreast of current events |
Involve children in community service |
Encourage activities of interest rather than age outside of home and school |
Avoid intensive competition |
Be consistent about rules and limits |
Keep rules to a minimum |
Seek to educate and negotiate rather than dictate |
Apply logical consequences |
Use positive reinforcement |
Use rewards only when needed |
Reward effort and initiative, as well as achievement |
Enhance family dynamics |
Permit parents to provide support for each other as they navigate educational decisions, school communication, advocate for their child, and make social decisions |
Use a team approach to parenting, including shared responsibility for decision-making and child management[2] |
Give siblings adequate time and attention |
Listen to feelings
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