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The Behavioral Contract is between the Practitioner & youth. It helps to set expectations, as well as, puts the agreement in writing. This allows both the Practitioner and youth to have something to reference during discussions. -
The Teaching Family Model values the direct care workers and sees them as professionals who have expertise in using the Teaching Family Model. As such, the Teaching Parents are held to high professional standards as outlined in this module.
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Increase your effectiveness when teaching youth social skills by observing the youth closely and precisely describing his/her behaviors. The youth will be more receptive to your teaching.
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Instead of addressing every youth behavior, learn to teach skills to the youth. Skills are a set of preferred behaviors that can generalize to other settings or situations.
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Why? is a frequent question asked by most youth. Tell them why by stating the potential benefits of engaging in positive behaviors.
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Learn two effective ways to address a youths behavior. Praise will increase the frequency of preferred behaviors and Teaching Interactions will decrease the unwanted behaviors. Try it!
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Dont wait for a problem! Teach social skills to youth in a proactive way. Planned Teaching gives you an effective format for doing it!
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All youth have problems, especially those who are placed away from their family. This problem solving method provides a format for problem-solving that guides the youth to a solution.
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There are times when all children lose emotional control and become angry. The Intensive Teaching Procedure will help you calm the youth, stay calm yourself, and work through the issue in a systematic and effective way.
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When youth are placed away from home, they need to learn skills that will help them find success once they leave a structured program. Find out what skills they need and how to teach them!
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There are numerous adults within the community who are attached in some way to each youth in the program. Learn how to build positive relationships with these community members through communication and mutual support.
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Having a good working relationship with school personnel is important because it increases the chances that the youth in the Teaching Parents care will be more successful at school.
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Teaching Parents, as direct care providers, need support and guidance to operate a successful program. This module defines the role of the supervisor in a Teaching Family Model program.
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Each Teaching Parent has the opportunity to be certified if the agency is a Certified Sponsor Site of the Teaching Family Association. If the site qualifies, this module provides a review of the certification criteria and process.
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The Daily Point Card allows Practitioners to keep track of a youth\'s progress through the program.
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A review of the learning theory principles presented in the Pre-Service Workshop and the application of these principles when delivering verbal and written feedback to Teaching Parents.
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A guide for consultants to use when providing an overview of the Consultation Service Delivery Plan.
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Youth input is an important part of the Teaching Parent evaluation. This module provides a process and instrument for interviewing the youth.
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Community consumer evaluations are part of the evaluation process. Learn how to collect and interpret information from the people who work closely with the Teaching Parents.
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The Teaching Family Model incorporates Resiliency Theory in its design and application. See how the TFM program components strengthen the youths chances for success.
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This Values Card allows Practitioners to work with Adolescents on introducing values, recognizing Adolescents when they do well, and provide guidance when their actions do not align to the stated values.
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This Values Card allows Practitioners to work with Pre-Adolescents on introducing values, recognizing Pre-Adolescents when they do well, and provide guidance when their actions do not align to the stated values.
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The Teaching Family Model has a statement of ethical standards shared with all Teaching Parents and the time of their Pre-Workshop training. Careful internal auditing of youth rights and staff practices can help prevent problems with licensing and other consumers.
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A guide for consultants when conducting a formal review of the motivation systems. The consultant delivers conceptual feedback to Teaching Parents to increase the systems effectiveness.
