12 | Following the Five Steps to Effective Time Out – with Dr. Alan Kazdin

Описание: This video walks you through five essential steps to use time out effectively as a punishment technique within a broader child behavior plan. Dr. Kazdin explains what time out is—and what it is not—clarifies common misconceptions, and highlights how to make time out truly work. Learn how to set clear behavioral expectations, choose appropriate locations, keep time outs brief, and establish backup consequences for noncompliance. Most importantly, discover why reinforcing positive behaviors during “time in” is critical to long-term success. This practical lesson helps parents use time out calmly, consistently, and without escalation.

🎯 Learning Objectives
• Understand the purpose and proper use of time out as a removal of reinforcement
• Identify clear behaviors for time out, choose an appropriate location, and set brief durations
• Learn effective backup consequences and why physical force or locking the child reduce effectiveness
• Appreciate the importance of “time in” by reinforcing positive behaviors outside of time out

📚 About the Course
Everyday Parenting gives you access to a toolkit of behavior-change techniques that will make your typical day in the home easier as you develop the behaviors you would like to see in your child. The lessons provide step-by-step instructions and demonstrations to improve your course of action with both children and adolescents. Among many techniques, you will learn how even simple modifications to tone of voice and phrasing can lead to more compliance. The course will also shed light on many parenting misconceptions and ineffective strategies that are routinely used.

The key to the course is practice. It is not enough to know the strategies; you have to do them to reap the rewards. Using the techniques on a temporary basis will lead to permanent change.

Chances are your parenting is perfectly fine and working the way you would like. But if you have any frustrations with your child or would like improve your effectiveness in changing your child’s behavior, these videos will be a very useful guide.

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