The goal of this phase is to help parents understand that behaviour is not random. Instead of immediately thinking na “matigas ulo,” “ayaw sumunod,” or “nagwawala lang,” parents are guided to observe what happens before, during, and after the behaviour.
This phase helps parents identify possible triggers such as denied access, hard tasks, transitions, tiredness, hunger, sensory overload, communication difficulty, or unclear expectations. The main goal is for parents to respond with more clarity instead of reacting based on panic, frustration, or guessing.
The goal of this phase is to help the child understand what is expected at home using simple rules, visuals, modeling, and repeated practice. Many children struggle with behaviour because they are only told what not to do, but they are not always shown what to do instead.
This phase teaches positive behaviour expectations such as gentle hands, walking feet, quiet voice, safe body, clean up, wait, and ask help. The goal is to make home expectations visible, predictable, and easier to follow for typical kids, limited verbal kids, and nonverbal kids.
The goal of this phase is to build cooperation through small, supported, and successful steps before expecting full compliance. Some children refuse because the task feels too big, too hard, too sudden, or too demanding.
This phase helps parents guide the child to start with one small step, do tasks together, copy the parent first, make choices, and finish tiny jobs. The goal is to reduce power struggles and help the child feel that cooperation is safe, doable, and not overwhelming.
The goal of this phase is to teach the child what to do instead of using challenging behaviour. Instead of only stopping crying, grabbing, throwing, hitting, running away, or refusing, this phase gives the child safer ways to communicate their needs.
This phase focuses on replacement behaviours such as asking for help, asking for a break, giving instead of throwing, tapping instead of hitting, showing “finished,” pointing instead of grabbing, and using words, gestures, or visuals. The goal is not perfect speech, but functional and safer communication based on the child’s current ability.
The goal of this phase is to help parents build positive behaviour by noticing, praising, and reinforcing the behaviours they want to see more often. Instead of only correcting difficult behaviour, parents learn how to catch and strengthen small good behaviours.
This phase teaches parents how to use specific praise, first-then rewards, token boards, small win celebrations, choice rewards, natural rewards, and motivation tracking. The goal is to make cooperation more meaningful and rewarding while slowly reducing reward dependence over time.