Category: General Resources

Strategies useful for a range of issues

General Resources, Parent Resources

Have an impatient child? Tired of tantrums when your child needs to wait? Learn a simple strategy to teach patience wherever you are!

Does this sound familiar? You’re sitting in a waiting room at the doctor’s office. Your child is crawling under the chairs, over your lap, and hanging upside down from the back of another chair. Your child keeps asking “How much longer??” and you’ve said, “Just another minute” for the hundredth time with no idea how much longer it really will be. How about this one? … Continue reading Have an impatient child? Tired of tantrums when your child needs to wait? Learn a simple strategy to teach patience wherever you are!

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Toilet training a child with a disability

One of the questions I am asked all the time at the Behavior Buzz clinic is, “How do you handle toilet training a child with a disability?” This question is often closely followed by, “Actually, can you work on toilet training with children with disabilities?” My answer is YES! Children with disabilities can toilet train. I’ve successfully helped families master toilet training their children with … Continue reading Toilet training a child with a disability

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General Resources, Social Emotional Skills

Teaching flexible thinking **links to product**

Many children struggle with flexible thinking. They may get stuck in their explanation of a situation and not be able to consider the idea that there could be another explanation. They may only be able to think of one way to handle a problem, and if it doesn’t work, they become instantly frustrated. They may only see things from their point of view and not … Continue reading Teaching flexible thinking **links to product**

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Do you have a child who refuses to eat? Tired of mealtime battles? Check out the one strategy you can’t miss!! **A free printables post**

Parents frequently call me stating their child refuses to eat. Parents feel like they’re losing their minds. Their children refuse to eat anything, the parents become frustrated, and eventually the battle escalates. Parents may feel that their child is surviving on chicken nuggets alone or not eating anything. The dinner table becomes a battleground, and everyone is frustrated. But what if there was an easy … Continue reading Do you have a child who refuses to eat? Tired of mealtime battles? Check out the one strategy you can’t miss!! **A free printables post**

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Behavior Basics 3: Reward Systems to Help Improve Child Behavior!

​This is the third post in a connected series on the basics of child behavior. Click here if you want to go back to the first post on the causes of child behavior or here for the second one on changing child behavior! These posts will break down the basics of understanding problem child behaviors, why child behaviors occur, how to prevent problem child behaviors, and how to handle … Continue reading Behavior Basics 3: Reward Systems to Help Improve Child Behavior!

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Behavior Basics Part 2: Taking Data on Child Behavior (includes data sheet)

This is the second post in a connected series on the basics of child behavior. Click here if you want to go back to the first post on the causes of child behavior! These posts will break down the basics of understanding problem child behaviors, why child behaviors occur, how to prevent problem child behaviors, and how to handle child behaviors when they occur. The second post will … Continue reading Behavior Basics Part 2: Taking Data on Child Behavior (includes data sheet)

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Learn How to get your Kids Through their Morning (or evening!) Daily Routine without a Battle in (honestly) 3 Easy Steps!

Does it ever feel like you spend every day telling your child the same exact thing? Is every morning a replay of the day before: you telling your child the same steps to get out the door and your child acting like they’ve never heard them before? Some children struggle to learn daily routines, but there’s a simple strategy you can use to help make … Continue reading Learn How to get your Kids Through their Morning (or evening!) Daily Routine without a Battle in (honestly) 3 Easy Steps!

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Teaching new skills and how to fade prompts

Children engage in problem behaviors. It’s true of children with disabilities and it’s true of typically developing children. Part of growing up is learning which behaviors are and are not appropriate, and to figure that out, kids try out all kinds of behaviors. Most parents understand the basics of putting in place consequences to stop problem behaviors, but far fewer parents know the tricks to … Continue reading Teaching new skills and how to fade prompts

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A Little Motivation can go a Long Way! A Simple Reward System Chart (FREE printable included!)

One of the most common complaints I hear from therapists, teachers, and parents is that they struggle to keep children motivated to complete non-preferred tasks. No matter what they try, they simply cannot get compliance with non-fun activities. The reality is, this struggle can be easily improved with a simple behavioral management strategy. The checklist system I use in my therapy sessions is a great … Continue reading A Little Motivation can go a Long Way! A Simple Reward System Chart (FREE printable included!)

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Does your child constantly struggle transitioning away from a favorite toy to get anything else done? This is the $1 strategy you CANNOT miss!

I have been working with children with behavioral and developmental needs for twenty years. That means, over the past two decades, I have accumulated tons and tons of visual supports, systems, and strategies in my clinic. Some of these strategies are labor intensive to implement, some took a while to make, and some cost me a fair amount of money when I first bought all … Continue reading Does your child constantly struggle transitioning away from a favorite toy to get anything else done? This is the $1 strategy you CANNOT miss!

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