Recovery
Using recovery for mealtime troubles Recognize the behavior: Gets out of chair repeatedly. Identify what you want to see: Staying in the chair. Use the Skill: If you have a difficult mealtime, give yourself and your child a chance to calm down. Then find something fun or relaxing to do together to focus on what’s […]
Hand-Over-Hand
Using helping for mealtime troubles Recognize the behavior: Gets out of chair repeatedly. Identify what you want to see: Staying in the chair. Use the Skill: For very young children, you might have the child sit in your lap to eat if they keep leaving the table, especially if you are at a restaurant. Purpose: […]
Effective Commands
Using effective commands for Mealtime troubles Recognize the behavior: Gets out of chair repeatedly. Identify what you want to see: Staying in the chair. Use the Skill: If your child is able to comply and you want to use a command, you could say “Please sit in your chair”. Purpose: Before you give a command, […]
Consistent Consequences
Using consistent consequences for mealtime troubles Recognize the behavior: Gets out of chair repeatedly. Identify what you want to see: Staying in the chair. Use the Skill: Possible praise: “Thank you for staying in your chair!” Possible negative consequence: losing dessert, or not getting screen time after the meal. Purpose: Consistent consequences are only for […]
Redoing
Using a redo for mealtime troubles Recognize the behavior: Gets out of chair repeatedly. Identify what you want to see: Staying in the chair. Use the Skill: You could say, “Oops, you got out of your seat. This is your redo to sit back down and stay at the table.” Help your child sit back […]
Modeling
Using modeling for mealtime troubles Recognize the behavior: Gets out of chair repeatedly. Identify what you want to see: Staying in the chair. Use the Skill: Model the behavior you want to see. Stay seated at the table for the whole meal. Try to put your phone away and enjoy time with your family. Purpose: […]
Rules
Using rules for mealtime troubles Recognize the behavior: Gets out of chair repeatedly. Identify what you want to see: Staying in the chair. Use the Skill: Try a rule like, “The rule is we all sit at the table until everyone is done. If you stay at the table, you can have dessert. If you […]
Choices
Using choices for mealtime troubles Recognize the behavior: Gets out of chair repeatedly. Identify what you want to see: Staying in the chair. Use the Skill: Young children might need a choice of sitting in the chair or a booster chair. Older children might get to choose a game to play at the table or […]
When-Then/If-Then
Using when-then & if-then statements for mealtime troubles Recognize the behavior: Gets out of chair repeatedly. Identify what you want to see: Staying in the chair. Use the Skill: You might set up a reward for staying seated. For example, “when you stay in your chair for the whole meal, we can go to the […]
Strategic Attention
Using strategic attention for mealtime troubles Recognize the behavior: Gets out of chair repeatedly. Identify what you want to see: Staying in the chair. Use the Skill: Try to ignore your child’s behaviors and words while they are not at the table. Give lots of praise and attention when they are seated. Purpose: Strategic attention […]
