Parents' Corner
Shannon is a licensed professional counselor and a national certified counselor and owner and clinical director of Tender Hearts Child Therapy Center in Cape Girardeau. He and several therapists at the center specialize in treating child and adolescent mental health issues in Southeast Missouri and work with parents using family therapy to develop parenting/discipline skills to deal with misbehavior and defiance. In his blog Shannon provides education on children's mental health topics and uses a question-and-answer forum for local parents to ask questions related to his field. For more information or to reach Shannon, visit www.tenderheartschildtherapycenter.com
How to Use Time Outs Effectively-Part 2
Posted Saturday, December 10, 2011, at 10:47 AM
Welcome back! In this post I plan to cover a basic Time-Out Method that parents can use to control unwanted behaviors in their children. As I said before, there have been many variations of the time-out technique developed over the years. This is just a basic method that will work wonders in most cases if used effectively...
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