Operationally define challenging behaviors. Challenging behaviors should be defined in terms that are specific, observable, and measureable (i.e., one can see and count the behaviors). Be specific ...

As a child psychologist who specializes in helping kids with challenging behavior, I hear how often we parents take the blame for our kids’ behavior, whether the behavior happens at home, at school or ...

Challenging behavior at work involves crossing social and professional norms in a way that disrupts work and upsets co-workers. To manage such behavior, you must learn how to understand what happened ...

After appropriately identifying the behavior in a child with autism, a suitable intervention can be used to proactively, or reactively, reduce and replace it. Challenging behaviors can be difficult to ...

As parents, we’ve all been there: a child is acting out, testing limits, or simply making things more complicated than they need to be. Whether toddlers have meltdowns, teenagers act out, or even ...