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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.
