Reference no: EM133597677

Please open a new document (such as Word) and create table with three columns. Label them "trigger", "enraging" and "engaging".

In the trigger column, make a list of at least three situations that set your child off and make her upset (for example, losing to her brother at a board game, having an unexpected change of plans, feeling left out when older sister has friends over or when adults are visiting...). Make sure to provide enough detail to make the situation clear.

In the enraging column, describe the corresponding reaction from you that would enrage your child's downstairs brain and upset her further. Once your child is already upset, what is a typical reaction from you that would enrage your child?

In the last column (engaging), describe something you could do instead that would engage her upstairs brain and calm your child down.

Don't judge yourself - we all have moments in which we respond in less-than-ideal ways. The point here is to get clear about your own behaviors and what effect they have on your child, and whether your actions lead to reactivity or receptivity.

Please post your completed columns on this discussion board. I prefer that they be posted as an attachment in order to preserve the column format. If you do type directly into the box, please take the time to set up your answers in a table format with clear cells (so that responses in each column line up).

(For each trigger, I am looking for clear enraging and engaging examples. If you have four triggers, then there need to be four entries under the enraging and engaging columns. If I don't see that, I will not be able to grade your submission.)

Once you have done that, please browse your classmate's posts and respond to at least one. Provide another suggestion as to what your classmate might do to engage the child in the particular situation.