Consequence-Based Strategy: Positive Reinforcement

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Synopsis
One of the articles explores positive reinforcement and its effect on the behavior of children. Specifically, this article supports using positive reinforcement to increase appropriate behavior (Hardy & McLeod, 2020). The article highlights the effectiveness of positive reinforcement in promoting appropriate behavior in young children and provides guidelines for implementing positive reinforcement. These guidelines include establishing the child's preferences, utilizing a variety of reinforcers, accounting for the child's needs and strengths, integrating reinforcement in regular activities, collaborating with families, strategically using reinforcement, and assessing the effectiveness of the reinforcers. The article concludes that these guidelines can enhance the effectiveness of positive reinforcement in shaping appropriate behavior in children.
Common Concepts and Principles
One of the key principles used in the three articles is reinforcement. The term is used to describe actions that increase behavior. In Hardy and McLeod (2020), reinforcement describes a stimulus that increases appropriate behavior. In Pokorski and Barton (2020), reinforcement is explored compared to ...