JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - Region 8 parents trying
to figure out what to do with their children got some extra help at Families,
Inc. in Jonesboro on Friday.
Child Psychologist with Families, Inc., Dr. Mike
Davis, says discussed the fundamental principals of behavior management for
children.
Dr. Davis says there are a number of suggestions
out there parents shouldn't be paying attention to.
"In my experience," Davis said.
"There are a lot of techniques out there. Techniques that are
being sold over the internet and talked about amongst the social media, but
what I've found is that there tends to be a core set of behavior principals
that really apply to all children. Regardless of diagnosis, regardless of
underlying backgrounds and that's really what we're trying to focus on, today.
To give parents a clear understanding of some of the behavior principals that
underlies behavior management."
Davis says the first things parents need to know
is how to deal with a situation. "Knowing how to deal with crisis
management," Davis said. "That's really one of the first steps
that we talk about so we're sure parents aren't going to be tiptoeing around
small misbehavior in a way to avoid large blowups. Things like that."
Davis says there's no one thing any parent can
do that will work on every child. "I think one of the biggest myths,"
Davis said. "Is that there is a fix all for all children and all
behaviors because there's really not. It must be individualized. It all
needs to be tailored to each individual child. And that's really what we're
trying to talk about today, is how to talk about fundamentals that can be true
for all kids, but also how to tailor that to individual children on
issues."
Davis says no matter what challenges a parent
may be facing, there's always a solution. "Behavior is absolutely
changeable," Davis said. "If parents aren't happy with the way
your children behave in public or in school, even in the privacy of your home,
those are certainly things that can be modified and adjusted and changed over
time."
Davis says they intend to hold another program
in the future.
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