My girlfriend who has an eight year old daughter was feeling fraustrated yesterday. Her son was in Walmart with her and had a tantrum, he started to pull down the shelved items breaking glass items. She said she was so embarrassed about the whole incident which felt like eternity.....she said when it appeared that he wasnt calming down she almost wanted to hit him to stop....Eventually 'security' had to help her carry her son to a room ...she said she didnt know how to deal with him.....positive discipline? Everything she learnt at the Discrete Trial Teaching drills (based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis) went down the drain and all she felt like doing is spanking him and crawling into a hole where no one can find her....
So the question is ......what is positive discipline?
This Link below helps with the awnser.....it is not specific to autism but it is a handy tool for every parent to have....
http://mena.savethechildren.se/Global/scs/MENA/Resources/Positive%20Discipline%20-%20What%20is%20it%20and%20how%20to%20do%20it.pdf
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