I finally got around to making some Moana behavior contracts… YOU’RE WELCOME.  Sorry, I couldn’t resist.  🙂

Behavior Contracts can be a really useful tool for caregivers to use when trying to increase or decrease a behavior.  Some benefits include:

• Behavior contracts help caregivers and children keep track of the behavior and the reward.
• Kids can get involved in filling it out as the day goes by – this is motivating for them!
• You can modify them as time goes on by changing the reward or making it a little harder to earn the reward.
• Well-written behavior contracts have very specific expectations, so there’s no question as to whether a child earned the reward or not.

I have created three different Moana behavior contracts for parents to use.  They are fill-in-the-blank so that you can insert your child’s name, specify what the goal behavior is, and specify a reward.

You also get to specify the length of time to complete the chart – so you may decide that your child has 3 opportunities over the course of a day.  Or you may decide they have one opportunity per day, so you’d use the 5-character chart over the course of a work week.  These can also be used as chore charts – you’d just write chores in instead of a behavior.

Some tips:

• Try to use proactive language.  Instead of “Krista will not swear,” use “Krista will use nice words all day.”  Or instead of “Krista will not run,” use “Krista will walk” or “Krista will use walking feet.”
• BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE
• Pre-teach the contract to your child to make sure they understand it.

For a 3-character Moana behavior chart, click here.

For a 4-character Moana behavior chart, click here.

For a 5-character Moana behavior chart, click here.