When we say \u201ccompliance\u201d or “cooperation” we\u2019re talking about your child doing what he\u2019s been asked to do. If you ask your child to do something, and he doesn\u2019t do it, there could be several reasons for this. One is that the child doesn\u2019t understand what you\u2019re asking him to do. A second reason is that he doesn\u2019t know how to do what you\u2019re asking him to do. For those issues, you should go back to teaching him to understand simple language or teaching him how to do the specific thing you\u2019re asking. The third reason could be that he is not used to following instructions, and he doesn\u2019t really want to follow them (he wants to do what he wants to do). For this child, it will be important to work on cooperation. That is, when you ask him to do something and he knows how to do it, he will cooperate with your request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many of your early learning sessions will be devoted to teaching skills that are not difficult for your child. In fact, early on we suggested giving your child very clear and simple instructions to do things that he can do easily and then reinforcing him for doing it. This is because it is very important to teach your child to cooperate with your instructions. For example, for a child that enjoys puzzles, if you hand him a single piece and say \u201cPut in\u201d or \u201cIn,\u201d and then praise and tickle him when he does as you ask, you are not only strengthening his puzzle making skills but you are also reinforcing cooperation. Building cooperation is key to reducing non-cooperation! <\/em>See this teacher reinforcing the little boy for something he likes to do. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n