Behavioral Contracting

One of the most common and persistent questions is, “How do I put a behavioral contract in place with my child -- and how do we as parents keep and enforce it?” This course answers this question and then some. This course will show you how to eliminate negative and destructive behaviors in your child and help you to re-establish control as a parent. This course will guide you through the gaining of self-insight, targeting behaviors, using specific language for your contract, and identifying effective consequences.

This course is geared toward the adolescent, but the information can be adapted to also apply to the younger child as well.

As a complement to this course, the FamilyIQ article, "Writing a Behavioral Contract:" contains practical information specifically on writing a contract. In addition, there is also a sample contract form for you to download, print, and use.

Course Benefits

In this course you will learn how to create a 'win-win' in managing your child's behavior.

You will:

§          Gain Self-Insight:by discovering more about yourself as you think about and describe your habitual responses to your child’s provocative behavior, and improve your communication and degree of consensus with your partner (if you have one) regarding discipline.

§          Target Behaviors: You will learn how to identify the most pressing behavior problems, and how to choose which behaviors to include in your first contract.

§          Use Specific Language: You will learn how to choose clear, precise language that will save you from creating any “loopholes”  in your contract

§          Identify Effective Consequences: You will discover how to prepare yourself for enforcing consequences.