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Planned ignoring

Planned ignoring is briefly withholding rewarding attention from safe disruptive behavior while remaining nearby, calm, and available.

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How to handle tantrums effectively

How to handle tantrums effectively

Understand what a tantrum is trying to communicate A tantrum is not a formal diagnosis. It is a behavioral expression of dysregulation: the child’s emotional arousal exceeds their current capacity for inhibitory control, flexible thinking, and verbal expression. In toddlers, this is developmentally expected because language and executive functions are still maturing. In older children, […]