Research Note: Help for Behavior at Home

The Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice (CECP) offers useful guidance to parents about avoiding problem behavior at home. The present a set of family briefs to let parent access research-based interventions. Useful topics include:

• Planned Ignoring As An Intervention Strategy For Parents And Family Members – When ignoring is a better strategy than attention;
• Practical Applications Of Direct Instruction For Families - The value of teaching correct behavior step-by-step, and
• Universal Preventative Practices For Use In The Home For Children With Behavioral Problems – Defining clear expectations and responses before bad behavior it occurs.

These and other family briefs regarding behavior are available online at http://cecp.air.org/familybriefs/ or from the CECP.

Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice, 1000 Thomas Jefferson St., NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20007, 202-944-5400 (voice), 888.457.1551 (toll-free), 877.334.3499 (TTY), 202.944.5454 (fax), http://cecp.air.org (web), center@air.org (e-mail).

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