This type of seating arrangement can include a variety of inflatable balls, foot bands and rocking chairs. A wiggle seat allows children to fidget so they can focus on the actual task at hand. If your child needs to be able to perform wiggle-type activities in order to focus on their schoolwork, a wiggle seat for ADHD provides an excellent solution. Whether your child can’t concentrate from excess energy or because he requires additional sensory input, disruptions in the classroom oftentimes lead to poor grades and fewer met milestones. Keep a simple record to see if a change occurs within 10 days of being consistent with your reactions.When students have trouble concentrating, it can be due to a variety of reasons. If you feel strongly that a statement regarding the throwing must occur be sure to provide it in a neutral manner and continue with the example questions above: “No throwing blocks (remove the blocks) what should we throw? The bouncy ball or the wiffle balls? Should we walk, hop, or race to the room?”Ĭontinue to increase your attention whenever your child is playing appropriately. Respond positively to each response with lots of attention to every appropriate behavior Redirect with a question that includes choices for the child to make: “Oh you want to play throw? Should we use the wiffle balls or the bouncy balls? Are they in your room or the playroom? Should we walk, hop, or race to the room?” If inappropriate throwing occurs: Keep your tone of voice calm and ignore or interrupt/redirect. Be exuberant and specific with your reinforcement: “You are throwing with balls! Look how well you do!” Provide high levels of attention and reinforcement during these times. Spend time with your child playing appropriate ‘throwing’ games as balls into baskets, pots, or targets as plastic bowling pins. Keep a simple record to see if a change occurs within 10 days of being consistent with your reactions. (remove the blocks) What should we throw? The bouncy ball or the wiffle balls? Are they in your room or the playroom? Should we race?” Continue to increase your attention whenever your child is playing appropriately. If you feel strongly that a statement regarding the throwing must occur then provide it in a neutral manner and continue with the example questions above. Doing so will provide attention that may increase and maintain the behavior that you are concerned about. When throwing occurs it is very important to be careful not to respond in a reactive manner. Choices provide an appropriate form of control over his environment. In addition you have framed your questions to include choices that your child must make. “Oh you want to play throw? Where are your wiffle balls? Are they in your room or the playroom? Should we use the clothes basket today or Mommy’s pots to throw into?” By using these statements you are interrupting the behavior and redirecting it to an appropriate way of playing and gaining your attention. If and when the inappropriate throwing occurs keep your tone of voice calm and redirect with a question. Each time he throws be exuberant! “You are throwing with balls! Look how well you do!” You want to build up the attention for appropriate behaviors. When throwing ceases or is NOT occurring, spend time with your child playing games such as throwing balls into clothes baskets, throwing and batting balloons to you, throwing plastic balls at plastic bowling pins. Or in some cases, just walk away and keep an eye on your toddler from afar. Do this while ignoring the throwing behavior…at least as much as possible! For example, instead of yelling “no” or picking up the thrown item, ignore it and move towards a fun toy and start engaging in play to pique your child’s interest. You want to interrupt and redirect the throwing to either another behavior or an appropriate throwing behavior. The trick is to provide attention, but shape your child’s behavior so he/she will receive it for appropriate behavior. This is power! The behavior continues and may increase as attention continues to be delivered. yelling “no!” or “stop”, stern facial expression), it is still attention in the form of a response to the child’s behavior. Though the attention may appear negative to an adult (e.g. This immediate reaction results in the child getting attention. When a behavior such as throwing items at a person occurs, most likely the response of the person will be quick and automatic. Toddlers are ‘coming into their own’ as they grow, and are discovering the effects of their many actions.
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