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Use IF/Then Statements
If Lauren is exhibiting an undesirable behavior, we don’t ask her to stop; we tell her what we would like to see. Example: If Laruen is picking we might say, “If your hands stay down, the t.v. gets to stay on.” Or “If you can speak in a quiet voice then you get to stay in the room.” We can these “If/Then” statements. If she doesn’t comply we ALWAYS say “I see you’ve chosen for…. (in the cases given, the t.v. to go off” or to leave the room”)