As a parent, we have responsibilities to set rules and expectations, but remember we can have fun too. In this post, I encourage you to mix your routines up with work and play.
Teaching your child to request (mand training) is one of the first programs we teach in ABA therapy. It introduces your child to language and will become an important skill when decreasing problem behavior.
A Ted Talk on parenting got me thinking about prioritizing our goals to set our children up for success. When teaching our kids, we need to fade our assistance over time to prevent them from becoming too dependent on us.
A lot of times parents give up because ignoring did not work, but I'm going to tell you it's so much better to power through. We are going over extinction bursts in this post!