A.T.I.P. from the Manners Manager

Step 5: Monitor your own attitude and behavior in this process You may recall from the previous chapter, the “Dirty-Dozen” reasons why your behavior management efforts may fail.  The “Dirty Dozen” are common, yet factually incorrect patterns of thinking that often...

Step 1:  Clearly define a Goal – a specific negative behavior that you want to decrease or a specific positive behavior you want to increase By clearly defining a behavioral goal, you know when you’ve been successful!  With a clearly defined goal, you are likely to...

Step 2:  Generate several possible solutions from the categories of A.T.I.P. Of course, each of the categories in A.T.I.P. may not be applicable in all situations (e.g., when a child runs toward the street, “Ignoring” is not a viable option; when you are trying to...

Step 3:  Choose and Implement one/some of you’re A.T.I.P. techniques Choose the technique(s) that are most likely work based on your knowledge of: what has been effective/ineffective in the past, your child’s personality, what situational demands you will encounter,...

Step 4: Monitor the effectiveness of your strategy Periodically monitor the effectiveness of your behavior management strategy.  You may need to monitor more frequently initially, and then less frequently over time as the behavior (hopefully) improves.  You may notice...

Step 6:  Modify as needed Based on the results of Step 4 (Monitoring the Effectiveness of my Strategy) and Step 5 (Monitoring my own attitude and behavior in the process), I have decided to: ___celebrate ___“stay-the-course” and continue to use my existing...