Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. In addition to our traditional advice, every Thursday we feature an assortment of teachers from across the country answering your education ...
Token reinforcement systems, rooted in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), are helping educators support positive behavior and skill-building, especially for students with autism and ADHD. From classic ...
We decided to continue using our updated House system, CritterCoin, to track positive behaviors and manage rewards, and took some extra steps to encourage teachers to use it. Each year our use of the ...
Researchers discover that the phosphorylation of a newly identified protein kinase substrate downstream of the dopamine signaling pathway regulates the brain reward behavior. The nucleus accumbens, ...
"Gentle parenting" might make parents like themselves better, but not necessarily like their children. If the goal of parenting is children who can self-regulate, behavioral parenting is the best bet.