Strategies to help support positive behavior organized by what your child is feeling.
When-then sentences help explain what you’re expecting of your child and the positive outcome that will happen.
You can use this chart to create when-then sentences you expect your child to follow. Or you can work with your child to come up with when-then sentences to address a certain expectation, behavior, or action.
Dr. Ellen Braaten, from Massachusetts General Hospital Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, gives some helpful strategies for managing strong emotions.
Part of the Ask the Expert Series sponsored by CHADD (the Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder group)