Guest guest Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I am not thinking of using this as a procedure for any children I am currently working with. However, I was in a discussion the other day with a couple of social workers and we were talking about the use of time out when disciplining children (in this case, foster children). It is widely encouraged in the state foster care system where I live. Now, I had always heard that time out longer than 1 minute was not any more effective than 1 minute time outs. I'd heard that this was a researched subject matter. Can anyone point me in the direction of articles that directly relate to this? Are there any articles that specifically relate to duration/effectiveness of time out? AND, while I'm asking (), I have also heard (from various consultants...) that when a child responds with a specific target behavior (when given an Sd), reinforcement must be given within 1.8 seconds of the response. Where did that number come from? I have looked and have not been successful at finding articles that relate to this. Thanks in advance, Amy E. Amy Sanner, M.A., BCBA enedeliasanner@... http://behavioralconsultant.5u.com --------------------------------- FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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