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Co-Parenting the Child with Special Needs
Co-parenting kids who have behavioral, social/emotional or academic challenges requires consideration of many variables which are often difficult to communicate about with an ex-spouse. These delicate situations often give rise to high conflict communication since...
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Co-Parenting the Child with Special Needs
Co-parenting kids who have behavioral, social/emotional or academic challenges requires consideration of many variables which are often difficult to communicate about with an ex-spouse. These delicate situations often give rise to high conflict communication since...
Child’s Play: Get Out of Your Own Way!
Child's Play...Off the Playground Ready or not, here I come...with some thoughts that I believe are worth sharing. As a behavior therapist who has also been a teacher for over two decades, I have a unique perspective. More often than not, therapists aren't teachers...
When Parents Disagree About Their Child’s Behavior…
When "agreeing to disagree" is NOT an option: Raising kids is a monumental challenge. Raising kids with behavior problems adds an extra layer of "OMG". Raising kids with behavior challenges when you and your co-parent disagree about the nature of the...
What Does It Mean to “Connect with Your Kid?”
Connecting with our kids: What does it mean these days? "I don't have time to dawdle in the morning. I have important obligations." This was the answer given by a father whose...
Bribery vs. Reinforcement: What’s the Difference?
Bribery vs. Reinforcement: I often get the “We have tried reinforcement and it does not work” look from parents coupled with a sigh that suggests “tell me something I don't already know”. They are frustrated from hearing the same recommendations again and...
Thought Bubblin’-Do Our Words Reflect Our Thinking?
Thinking Vs. Saying “Wouldn’t the world be an amazing place if we could see into other people’s minds exactly what they are thinking?” Who says such a thing at 7:51 a.m. on a Tuesday morn' while hastily tying shoelaces and shoving in fistfuls of cereal? My 9 year old...
Should I Punish My Child’s Disrespectful Behavior?
Should I punish my child? The concept of punishment seems so simple to parents (Remove her ipad for a week! Send him to his room for the night! No way is she going to that birthday party!) but, in reality, it is one of the most misunderstood fundamentals of behavior...
Understanding the link between Anxiety & Explosive Behavior
Can my child's explosive behavior be related to anxiety? Anxiety has often been referred to as the "Great Masquerader" and for good reason. To an untrained eye, anxiety in children can be hard to identify because it doesn't look the way most of us expect it...
The “Extinction Burst”: Parenting Breakthrough…or Breakdown?
Why do things get worse before they get better?! When we implement research-based parenting strategies, it can sometimes feel like we are having epic parenting breakthroughs. "Did she just put on her sneakers without a single reminder?" "Did he just complete...
Measuring Behavior Change: No Progress…Or Slow Progress?
Why does it feel like my child's behavior isn't changing? There will be days when you wake and feel convinced that your child has made no progress whatsoever. Zilch. You will wonder why you have wasted your time and money on interventions that have...
Take the Road Less Frazzled…
Take the road less frazzled... “I can't even so much as make him a snack without him tearing the entire house apart!" “I can't let her out of my sight for a single solitary second!” "He has an utter meltdown during every possible transition, no matter...
Handling “I Hate You!”
"I HATE YOU. YOU RUIN MY LIFE. I WISH YOU WERE DEAD." OUCH. OUCH. AND A LITTLE MORE OUCH! If you are parenting a child who slings insults, name calls, "wishes you were dead", then you know that few other behaviors burn to this degree...