Techniques for Effective Guidance Positive Verbal Environment Use

Techniques for Effective Guidance

Positive Verbal Environment Use active listening Use children’s names and thank you and please Be constructive and sincere when praising a child

Positive Reinforcement Reward behavior that you want child to repeat. (Avoid laughing at silly behavior)

Using Consequences=An end result Items misplaced if not put away (Natural) If do not put blocks away, cannot play with them again. (Logical)

Warning Remind a student when he/she does not follow a rule that their behavior will have consequences. Two parts to this technique -State the misbehavior -Then state the result of the behavior

Time-Out • Moving a child away from others for a period of time • Example of a logical consequence

I-Message • Tells the child how a person feels about his/her behavior in a respectful manner. • Three parts: • Child’s behavior • Your feelings about the behavior • The effects of the behavior “When I see you put down your friends I get sad because you are hurting their feelings. ”

Effective Praise • Acknowledgement of child’s actions or progress. • Makes child feel competent and valued. • Can be displayed nonverbally with a smile

Suggesting • Placing thoughts for consideration into children’s minds • Lead children’s thoughts and feelings in desirable directions • “Kait try this fruit today! It is delicious. ”

Prompting • Need to stop an unacceptable action or start an acceptable one. • Used to prepare children for transitions • Different from suggesting because a response is required. • “What should we do before we have snack? ”

Persuading • Encourage a child to act or behave in a certain way by appealing to their basic wants and needs. • “We are having such fun, Tiffany. Will you join us? ”

Redirecting • Divert or turn attention in a different direction • Distraction is an example of this • (Choose an interesting toy or book to distract the child’s interest away from the parent. )

Modeling • Imitating others both verbally and nonverbally • Use pro social behavior

Listening • Giving a child full attention • Effective when nodding and letting children talk without interruption

Ignoring • Avoid giving a child attention

Encouraging • This helps children believe in themselves. • “You know how it works!” • “I know you can do it!”