If the
behavior won't cause harm, then an effective disciplinary approach
often involves
praising good behavior and rewarding it through hugs, high - fives or special activities (like a trip to the park), while ignoring bad
behavior.
And in terms of the
behavior modification, it's
often a really
good way to reduce power struggles, when your child feels like he is working for something, and working for something doesn't have to be a toy, doesn't have to be something really expensive, it can be positive
praise, it could be that they are working special time with you, special activity, we can do a token economy system which is usually the most
well known
behavior modification intervention, where your child can earn tickets or stickers or poker chips, and sometimes you may want to attach a reward menu to that, so they know that, «Oh, if I can save ten chips I can get this, if I can save 20 chips I can get this».