Think:Kids

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• Referral from October 1, 2017
  

  Jesamie S. asked:

  I like this suggestion for parents that value giving consequences, but when I worked with parents and children on creating consequences together, the children choose consequences that are not effective for them. Does anyone have tips for implementing co-created consequences? I tend to encourage "natural consequences" or foregoing them in favor of meeting the need that brought about the difficulty, but am hoping to be able to better support my consequence-oriented parents in this option.

  

  Adrienne W. replied:

  Something that comes to mind is Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS). It's a model that focuses on creating a "plan b" with kids while allowing both parents and the kids to voice concerns as they work towards a solution. It may be less consequence oriented than what you are looking for though... http://www.thinkkids.org/learn/our-collaborative-problem-solving-approach/

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• Referral from March 2, 2015
  

  American S. asked:

  Community Q: "My spouse recently came home from deployment, during that time our 6 yr old son, who is newly diagnosed with ASD, has been a handful. He has a hard time processing emotions and has burst when upset. He has broke things like toys and video game controllers. My husband is having a hard time dealing with theses outburst and in returns does a lot of yelling and gets in our son's face and yells a lot. He thinks this helps but it just makes the situation worse. What can I do as a mother and wife to stop this behavior, both in my son and in my husband. I don't want to be the nagging wife who tells her husband how to be or mom the who lets her kid get away with bad behavior either. Need suggestions or recommendation or where to seek help."

  

  Kim S. replied:

  ABA is a great resource. Here is another one that might fit: http://thinkkids.org. Helping your husband and load up his "tool-box" with strategies, may help him with his parenting struggles. Collaborative problem-solving dovetails pretty nicely with the military ethic of finding solutions. I am a veteran, and a special education attorney

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