Video clips from
Communication and Positive Discipline
With 2- to 5- Year Olds
Clip from Helping Children with Their Fears: Janis touches on strategies and shares an experience she had raising one of her children. Click here to view clip (1 minute) (Mac users hold down option key and click.)
Clip from Positive Limit Setting – Part 1: Why do children test limits? Why do they persist in testing limits? Click here to view clip. (1 minute) (Mac users hold down option key and click.)
Clip from Positive Limit Setting – Part 2: Janis starts to talk about the “time out” approach. Click here to view clip. (1 minute, 30 seconds) (Mac users hold down option key and click.)
Clip from Positive Limit Setting – Part 3: A mother of a young child plays the role of the child. Janis briefly demonstrates a variety of limit setting techniques to a small group of parents, such as ensuring safety, “sportscasting,” active listening, I-message, open-ended choice, close-ended choice, waiting, logical consequence and active intervention. All these techniques are covered in detail in the course. Click here to view clip. (2 minutes, 30 seconds) (Mac users hold down option key and click.)
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