Toddlers are complicated beings, they grown up with their own thoughts and needs, but their emotions have not leaped to the point of communicating those thoughts and needs. Toddlers used tantrums to communicate their frustrations at the moment they are faced with challenges. Perhaps the child is trying to communicate that he or she is hungry or sick and cannot find the words to express his or her thoughts. Whatever the circumstances are, frustration can trigger anger leading to temper tantrum. This is a time this group is acquiring language skills and as language skills improve, tantrum tends to decrease (Belden et al., 2008)
What is temper tantrum? Temper tantrum is defined as an extreme incident of frustration or anger. Behaviors that are …show more content…
S was the subject of this report who was approximately 21 months old. S has been sick for the first 18 months of his young life. However, S health had improved immensely and S is now demanding the special care and attention needed by unleashing tantrum behavior during bedtime. S’s parents and aunt took turns putting S to sleep at night. However, all of their attempts were unsuccessful. Whenever S’s parents put him to bed at night and leave the room, S will scream and fuss until the parents returned to the room. As the result of S’s temper tantrums, the parents were unable to leave his room until S fell asleep. The parents were spending one-half to two hours each night waiting in S’s bedroom to fall asleep (Williams, …show more content…
The parents incorporated the learning principles that behaviors that are not reinforced will be distinguished. The time extinction was implemented, S was put to bed and the door was closed. S screamed and raged, but the parents or the aunt did not re-enter the room. The parents wrote down the duration of screaming and crying from the time the door was closed. During the first extinction, the tantrum lasted for 45 minutes. The second time S was put to bed, S did not cry. Perhaps S was tired from the first crying of Occasion 1. By the tenth S was no longer crying, screaming or whimpering whenever he was put to bed. Instead, S will smile as the parent left the room (Williams,
What is temper tantrum? Temper tantrum is defined as an extreme incident of frustration or anger. Behaviors that are …show more content…
S was the subject of this report who was approximately 21 months old. S has been sick for the first 18 months of his young life. However, S health had improved immensely and S is now demanding the special care and attention needed by unleashing tantrum behavior during bedtime. S’s parents and aunt took turns putting S to sleep at night. However, all of their attempts were unsuccessful. Whenever S’s parents put him to bed at night and leave the room, S will scream and fuss until the parents returned to the room. As the result of S’s temper tantrums, the parents were unable to leave his room until S fell asleep. The parents were spending one-half to two hours each night waiting in S’s bedroom to fall asleep (Williams, …show more content…
The parents incorporated the learning principles that behaviors that are not reinforced will be distinguished. The time extinction was implemented, S was put to bed and the door was closed. S screamed and raged, but the parents or the aunt did not re-enter the room. The parents wrote down the duration of screaming and crying from the time the door was closed. During the first extinction, the tantrum lasted for 45 minutes. The second time S was put to bed, S did not cry. Perhaps S was tired from the first crying of Occasion 1. By the tenth S was no longer crying, screaming or whimpering whenever he was put to bed. Instead, S will smile as the parent left the room (Williams,