I wanted to review the four basic skills with you.  I will now have these as well as the steps to the teaching styles in a permanent category called Four Basics/Steps. I hope this is helpful.  

The Four Basic Skills – 99% of all behavioral problems fall into one of the four basic skills that should be taught.  You can create other steps to specific behaviors by logically deciding how a behaviorally healthy person solves similar situations. But, if it isn’t obvious what steps to teach the youth for a specific behavior, then use the four basic skills again.  The four basic should be taught first.  For most children, these four will cover all behaviors that they have a problem with.                Following Instructions

Look at the person

Calm voice, face, body

Say “OK” or ask to disagree appropriately

Do the task immediately

Check Back

Accepting NO Answers/ Criticism

Look at the person

Calm voice, face, body

Say “OK” or ask to disagree

Drop the subject

Accepting Consequence

Look at the person

Calm voice, face, body

Say “OK” or ask to disagree

Perform the consequence immediately

Drop the subject

Disagreeing Appropriately

Look at the person

Calm, face,voice, body

Ask to disagree appropriately

Say you understand other person’s opinion

Explain your opinion

After decision, say “OK”

Drop the subject

Nicholeen Peck