Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing
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Everyday Parenting gives you access to a toolkit of behavior-change techniques that will make your typical day in the home easier as you develop the behaviors you would like to see in your child. The lessons provide step-by-step instructions and demonstrations to improve your course of action with both children and adolescents. Among many techniques, you will learn how even simple modifications to tone of voice and phrasing can lead to more compliance. The course will also shed light on many parenting misconceptions and ineffective strategies that are routinely used.
The key to the course is practice. It is not enough to know the strategies; you have to do them to reap the rewards. Using the techniques on a temporary basis will lead to permanent change. Chances are your parenting is perfectly fine and working the way you would like. But if you have any frustrations with your child or would like improve your effectiveness in changing your childβs behavior, these videos will be a very useful guide. Subtitles available in Chinese and Spanish.
Module 1 overviews the course structure and outlines the ABC formula for behavior-change programs. The βAβ in the ABC stands for Antecedents and covers what to do before the behavior. The βBβ represents Behavior and outlines working on the behavior itself - how to shape behavior by breaking it down into doable steps, practice the behavior repeatedly through simulations, and model the behavior. The course kicks off with a βCβ (Consequence) because learning how to praise your child in the special way may be the most useful and versatile technique in the series.
What's included
9 videos6 readings5 assignments
9 videosβ’Total 91 minutes
- Learn how to change your child's behaviorβ’5 minutes
- Praise Explanationβ’1 minute
- Praiseβ’9 minutes
- Antecedentsβ’18 minutes
- Antecedents Practice Exerciseβ’4 minutes
- Shapingβ’13 minutes
- Simulationβ’12 minutes
- Modelingβ’17 minutes
- Caleb, Age 3 - saying "no" all the timeβ’11 minutes
6 readingsβ’Total 49 minutes
- Learn Out of This World Parentingβ’2 minutes
- Identify Common Challenging Behaviorsβ’2 minutes
- Optional Articlesβ’20 minutes
- Optional Articlesβ’20 minutes
- Find Companion Books & Optional Articlesβ’2 minutes
- Review Course Requirementsβ’3 minutes
5 assignmentsβ’Total 50 minutes
- Praiseβ’10 minutes
- Antecedentsβ’10 minutes
- Shapingβ’10 minutes
- Simulationβ’10 minutes
- Modelingβ’10 minutes
Module 2 focuses on the βCβ in the ABC formula which is what comes after the behavior such as praise, rewards, attention, or punishment.
What's included
9 videos2 readings6 assignments
9 videosβ’Total 114 minutes
- Positive Oppositeβ’10 minutes
- Point Programsβ’12 minutes
- Attending & Planned Ignoringβ’18 minutes
- Punishment Basicsβ’13 minutes
- Punishment Practice Exerciseβ’5 minutes
- Time Out from Reinforcementβ’21 minutes
- Spanking and Alternativesβ’13 minutes
- Elijah, Age 6 - Getting ready in the morningβ’14 minutes
- Siblings, Ages 8 and 5 - complaining about each otherβ’9 minutes
2 readingsβ’Total 60 minutes
- Optional Articlesβ’30 minutes
- Optional Articlesβ’30 minutes
6 assignmentsβ’Total 65 minutes
- Positive Oppositeβ’10 minutes
- Point Programsβ’15 minutes
- Attending & Planned Ignoringβ’10 minutes
- Punishment Basicsβ’10 minutes
- Time Out from Reinforcementβ’10 minutes
- Spanking and Alternativesβ’10 minutes
Module 3 takes all the ABC techniques into consideration and outlines ways to improve and expand upon the parenting tools. Learn how to modify techniques for your maturing adolescent along with new techniques to foster communication with your child.
What's included
5 videos2 readings5 assignments
5 videosβ’Total 89 minutes
- Troubleshooting: Part 1 - The Basicsβ’23 minutes
- Troubleshooting: Part 2 - Advanced Techniquesβ’14 minutes
- Adolescents: Part 1β’21 minutes
- Adolescents: Part 2β’20 minutes
- Jasmine, Age 14 - using her phone constantlyβ’10 minutes
2 readingsβ’Total 30 minutes
- Please noteβ’10 minutes
- Optional Articlesβ’20 minutes
5 assignmentsβ’Total 70 minutes
- Do you know your ABCs? Applying Parenting Tools at Homeβ’30 minutes
- Troubleshooting: Part 1 - The Basicsβ’10 minutes
- Troubleshooting: Part 2 - Advanced Techniquesβ’10 minutes
- Adolescents: Part 1β’10 minutes
- Adolescents: Part 2β’10 minutes
Module 4 moves beyond the ABC techniques and considers the larger family environment, misconceptions that might hold you back from implementing an effective behavior-change program, helping your child in school, and warning signs that your child may need professional help along with tips on how to find viable treatments.
What's included
8 videos1 reading6 assignments
8 videosβ’Total 109 minutes
- Nurturing Family Environmentβ’26 minutes
- Common Misconceptionsβ’22 minutes
- School Behaviors: Part 1 - Handling Problemsβ’15 minutes
- School Behaviors: Part 2 - Building Competenciesβ’10 minutes
- Seeking Professional Help: Part 1β’15 minutes
- Seeking Professional Help: Part 2β’9 minutes
- Kai, Age 9 - disrupting the classroomβ’11 minutes
- Conclusionβ’2 minutes
1 readingβ’Total 30 minutes
- Optional Articlesβ’30 minutes
6 assignmentsβ’Total 125 minutes
- Nurturing Family Environmentβ’15 minutes
- Common Misconceptionsβ’30 minutes
- School Behaviors: Part 1 - Handling Problemsβ’10 minutes
- School Behaviors: Part 2 - Building Competenciesβ’10 minutes
- Seeking Professional Help: Part 1β’30 minutes
- Seeking Professional Help: Part 2β’30 minutes
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Reviewed on Feb 21, 2019
I love this course. It benefits me a lot in my career as a teacher, and I do appreciate the Yale University opened this course in Coursera, It could help so many kids to a better future.
Reviewed on May 21, 2020
I strongly recommend this class to any parent (and I have done so already)! Thank you for such an amazingly effective and kind lecture on parenting! This is how the world can be a better place.
Reviewed on Dec 16, 2020
This course gave me a different perspective on parenting. I was able to implement a few techniques and it worked effortlessly. Thank you to the professor, this course has been designed very well.
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