Maternal and Child Care: The nurse is discussing discipline issues with a group of caregivers of preschool-aged
children who have a cognitive impairment. One father tells the group that after he tells
his child to stop doing something, the child just continues. Parents in the group make
the following statements. Which statement indicates an understanding of disciplining the
cognitively impaired child?

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The nurse is discussing discipline issues with a group of caregivers of preschool-aged 
children who have a cognitive impairment. One father tells the group that after he tells 
his child to stop doing something, the child just continues. Parents in the group make 
the following statements. Which statement indicates an understanding of disciplining the
cognitively impaired child?

James Marion Endrina Entice · Accepted Answer

“We wait until a behavior happens a second time and immediately put our child 
in time out.”

Maternal and Child Care

“We wait until a behavior happens a second time and immediately put our child in time out.”

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