| Rebecca was struggling with 3 year old Kevin's | | | | was working to get Kevin to stop screaming. Even |
| screaming. Whenever someone didn't do what he | | | | though screaming didn't work for him to get his way, |
| wanted, he screamed and screamed, hoping to get | | | | he kept doing it. |
| his way. Rebecca had tried many different things to | | | | As Rebecca and I discussed it in a phone session, it |
| get Kevin to stop screaming, such as time outs, | | | | became apparent to me that Kevin and Rebecca |
| telling him to use his words, walking away and | | | | were stuck in a power struggle, with Rebecca trying |
| ignoring him, taking away toys and taking away | | | | to get Kevin to stop screaming and Kevin doing |
| events, such as a birthday party. A couple of times | | | | everything he could to resist being controlled. We |
| she had lost it and screamed back at him. Nothing | | | | needed another tactic. |