Time out
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Definition:
A technique used by parents and teachers in response to undesired behaviors. It involves removing the child from the environment and activities in which the inappropriate and undesirable behavior occurred and placing the child in a specific place for a specific amount of time to be quiet and reflect on his or her behavior.
Time out is an effective disciplinary technique in which no physical punishment is used. Professionals report that avoidance of physical punishment may help prevent children from learning that physical violence or infliction of physical pain is appropriate to achieve their desired results.
Children learn to avoid "time out" by ceasing the behaviors that have caused previous "time outs" or those that result in such warnings.
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