Re:lack of special interests

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I had this problem with my daughter as well. The " taking things

away " ....negative reinforcement....never worked with her. Instead, I had to

turn it all around and make it all positive. So, instead, she works toward

earning things. Everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING) has to be earned...TV

time, toys, etc. Mostly I concentrated on her favorite activities (mostly

free!) that she was really, really interested in. First, she would earn

those...then I faded that back to earning a token or something that she

could accumulate and she would have to earn a certain amount in order to get

the object or activity. The only negatives I gave her were lack of earning a

reinforcer.

This has worked beautifully for her for many years and significantly changed

much of her oppositional behavior. She just didn't care when things were

taken away.

Hope this info is useful. It is all based on behavior analytic principles.

(Behavior that is positively reinforced is more likely to be repeated, etc.)

nna

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I had the same situation with negative reinforcers. And the school never

understood that not earning the positive was the consequence or negative

lesson.

trish

Re:lack of special interests

I had this problem with my daughter as well. The " taking things

away " ....negative reinforcement....never worked with her. Instead, I had to

turn it all around and make it all positive. So, instead, she works toward

earning things. Everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING) has to be earned...TV

time, toys, etc. Mostly I concentrated on her favorite activities (mostly

free!) that she was really, really interested in. First, she would earn

those...then I faded that back to earning a token or something that she

could accumulate and she would have to earn a certain amount in order to get

the object or activity. The only negatives I gave her were lack of earning a

reinforcer.

This has worked beautifully for her for many years and significantly changed

much of her oppositional behavior. She just didn't care when things were

taken away.

Hope this info is useful. It is all based on behavior analytic principles.

(Behavior that is positively reinforced is more likely to be repeated, etc.)

nna

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I must agree that traditional negative punishment only sends my son into a

whirlwind of despair and sometimes a full blown meltdown.

On the other hand, he works really for rewards. We need to give him different

tiers of rewards

- computer time for a good day in school

- trip to the library

- and he earns an allowance (which he spends every Sat)

Maggie

Trisha Rice wrote:

I had the same situation with negative reinforcers. And the school

never

understood that not earning the positive was the consequence or negative

lesson.

trish

Re:lack of special interests

I had this problem with my daughter as well. The " taking things

away " ....negative reinforcement....never worked with her. Instead, I had to

turn it all around and make it all positive. So, instead, she works toward

earning things. Everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING) has to be earned...TV

time, toys, etc. Mostly I concentrated on her favorite activities (mostly

free!) that she was really, really interested in. First, she would earn

those...then I faded that back to earning a token or something that she

could accumulate and she would have to earn a certain amount in order to get

the object or activity. The only negatives I gave her were lack of earning a

reinforcer.

This has worked beautifully for her for many years and significantly changed

much of her oppositional behavior. She just didn't care when things were

taken away.

Hope this info is useful. It is all based on behavior analytic principles.

(Behavior that is positively reinforced is more likely to be repeated, etc.)

nna

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