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A Five Acres community-based therapist referred John to our Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS). John is an 11-year-old and was at risk for being removed from his biological family because of his aggressive behaviors that included threats to harm or injure others. John was using verbal threats when not getting his way, yelling, kicking furniture and deliberately annoying others. The family, especially his mother, often met his inappropriate demands just to keep the peace.
The TBS specialist meets with John and his family in the morning as he gets ready to go to school because he lacks motivation and his parents are inconsistent. John’s TBS specialist showed the parents that too many prompts from them were triggers for John. His parents are learning to use positive reinforcement and past successes as successful interventions.
John is now consistently attending school an average of 4-5 times a week. TBS plans to maintain a five- day-a-week schedule until John and his parents can successfully implement the interventions in the morning hours that TBS identified.
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