Behavior Buff

Behavior Buff

By Ty and Hilary KruegerParentingKids & Family
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Behavior Buff episodes

  • E23: Driveway Safety After Tragedy.

    A young preschool boy was struck by a car while backing out of his driveway the day prior and had passed away. He was 5-years-old.

    The news shook me to my core.

    As I watched my little guy running back and forth in the hallway in front of me, tears filled my eyes imagining the pain his mother is currently going through. A life taken too soon as a result of a tragic accident that maybe could have been prevented.


    Today I have some concrete tips for you to move forward for safety of you, your kiddos, and those around.

    I want to dedicate this episode of Behavior Buff to the our girls schoolmate and his grieving family by bringing to mind to topic of driveway safety as there are some crucial behaviors you and your children can put in place to prevent a tragedy like this from striking your home.

    If you are feeling called to donate after listening here is the GoFundMe set up. 

    To reach us you can find us at behaviorchangecollective.com

    14 min
  • E22: You're Only One Step Away from Changing Your Life.

    Hear the story behind where we were just a year ago, and where we are now, and how YOU TOO are just ONE step away from changing your life. 

    What's the thing that people go to you for advice on? 

    What lights you up? 

    What could you talk about for hours on end?

    Here is the link to the FREE Webcast I talk about --> FREE WEBCAST

    The steps are there, the knowledge is inside of you. The world needs more of YOU! I mean it. 

    16 min
  • E20: Body before Behavior

    What does that even mean Ty?!


    HANGRY. Hungry + Angry. 

    One of the first things that I learned in graduate school was the importance of eliminating any biological variables before addressing challenging behaviors. If the body is not getting the fuel and recovery it needs, behaviors are naturally going to be effected.

    Another base principle of applied behavior analysis is the practice of parsimony.
    Parsimony is the practice of ruling out simple explanations before diving deeper into the complex and complicated.
    I use these two base principles every time I work with a school or family on helping change the behavior of their kiddos.

    Before I even start any EXTERNAL behavioral assessment or make any behavioral recommendations. I always do my best to check off any biological variables that maybe causing issues internally. Some of those issues could be hunger, thirst, illnesses, constipation, allergies, sleep, and lack of physical activity. Out of all of those, three need to occur every day and CAN be under our control if we pay enough attention to how much our children are getting. Those three are, water intake - 1 oz per year of age up to 8, proper food intake - try and manage the blood sugar spikes and crashes by eating a balanced diet, and the amount of sleep - 9-11 hours for our school agers.

    15 min
  • E20: Why MORE Discipline is NOT the Answer.

    Recently; I read about a group of parents, going to a school and demanding that the school needs more discipline!

    It sparked this podcast- 

    Why More Discipline is NOT the Answer. 

    "My kids are out of control, they are SO naughty and disrespectful. We've tried timeouts, taking toys away, losing activities and privileges that they love to do, yelling at them, we've seriously tried everything!" 

    Or maybe you have seen kids acting out at a restaurant and you think WOW those kids need more discipline. Or you hear someone say that about your own kids. 

    Today we talk about why they don't.

    yep! Complete 180 huh? 


    If they episode sparked something in you- we'd love to hear about it. Always free to chat. 

    You can find us at behaviorchangecollective.com

    and on facebook at behaviorchangecollective 

    12 min
  • E18: Time Out's

    Time Out's revisited! 

    To Note this Episode:

    -Time outs usually don’t work because they the time IN isn't preferred.

    -The second reason is because it takes a certain level of cooperation.

    -Time outs are used as a tool when the kid needs to be removed from the current environment in order to start calming down.

    -Time outs should be used to only make sure they are being safe to themselves, or people around them. 

    -Time outs should NOT be used to rely on the manage behavior, it should be a last resort, not a first. 

    -This goes for any type of punishment really. 

    Discipline/punishment is to be used when you have tried over and over and over again until you are so sick of positive praise and its just not working or its not enough.

    We hit on the 90/10 Rule, and go over our behavior bank account analogy again. 

    If you have any questions after listening, please email us [email protected] 

    You can find us on our website behaviorchangecollective.com

    15 min
  • E17: 3 Steps to Change Your Parenting Mindset with Tabitha from The Mama Matters

    Tabitha from The Mama Matters is on the podcast today! 

    Tabitha is a mama of two, Alaskan born and raised, and founder of The Mama Matters. She’s passionate about helping overwhelmed moms find more joy in motherhood by taking themselves from exhausted and frustrated to energized and fulfilled.

    She hits on 3 valuable steps in making a mindset shift in your parenting, to gain a new perspective and create some new goals for yourself this year.

    Find her Rise and Shine Challenge Here --> RISE AND SHINE CHALLENGE


    26 min
  • E16: Kids with a Busy body, Active Mind: Therapeutic Fitness.

    The Episode Ty has been drumming up for weeks is here, 

    He created Therapeutic Fitness for: 

    "The kids that I would find benefitting the most from the workouts where the kids whose motors seemed to run the hottest.

    Those kids most commonly labeled as ADHD or hyper.
    The kids who were constantly getting in trouble for not sitting still, tipping on their chair, and fidgeting with the stuff on the shelf next to them.
    The kids who everyone describes as having a short fuse or going from 0-100 with NO warning.
    The kids who were too rough at recess and claim to not know their own strength.
    Those are the kids I wanted to build this program out for."

    Is he speaking to you? Did you listen in and you're thinking sign my kid up! 

    Here is how to connect, he would love to talk to a local school, gym owner, or coach in your area and see how he can get this program rolling for your area! 

    Send them to our webpage here.

    Or find us at behaviorchangecollective.com

    Connect with Ty at [email protected]


    13 min
  • E15: Teenagers with Daniel Patterson from Patterson Perspective

    Daniel Patterson is talking all things teens. 

    But the cool part about this episode is we had a ton of takeaways to start and implement ourselves, and we don't have any teenagers yet. 

    His advice and knowledge in the parenting world is insane, and he really brought to light some impactful things for us as well to work on.


    When I asked him how might you change your child's behavior around social media, video games, and screens; his answer- "Be the Example."
    I can't take away screens, and sit there on my phone on the couch myself. This really resonated with me. I hope you find this episode as awesome as I did interviewing him! 

    A little more about him: 

    • Taught middle school and high school for 10 years.
    • High School assistant principal for 4 years
    • Launched his educational-centered coaching firm 4 years ago - works with clients all over the country helping families solve complex educational or related roadblocks.
    • His first book The Assertive Parent was published in 2018 - and reached #1 in 2 categories on Amazon.
    • His next book RecoverEDU comes out this spring - and focuses on teenage mental health and substance abuse recovery
    • He’s written for the HuffPost, Thrive Global, and The Los Angeles Times.
    • He is father to 3 kids: ages 8, 4 and 2, and happily married to his wife Caroline.

      • If you'd like to connect with him more, you can find on Instagram at Patterson Perspective

       or his website here: https://www.pattersonperspective.com/

      you can reach US at https://www.behaviorchangecollective.com/


      32 min
    • E14: Sleep

      Raise your hand if you've had your share of bedtime struggles?


      From a baby not sleeping. To a preschooler getting up to go potty, ask to sleep in your bed, or maybe they just creep and make their way into your bed without you even knowing. Maybe you feel like you have to lay next to them, rub their back, read 50 stories, sing songs, bribe to get them to brush their teeth, and 2.5 hours later- you're a puddle on the couch because they FINALLY went to bed, only to hear little feet run into your room and scare the living crap out of you when they wake you up with their face 2 inches from you saying they can't sleep and ask if they can be in your bed with you. 

      Then nobody gets good sleep. 

      Unless you co-sleep, and that’s your thing, and you feel you get amazing sleep with your children in your bed. Power on to you. This is not us.

      And This likely isn't 90% of you. So this podcast is for you and all your sleep troubles with kids.

      you can find us at behaviorchangecollective.com 


      17 min

    About Behavior Buff

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    A podcast for the busy active parent. Talking all things behavior change. From kids not listening, to stopping the yelling and controlling the chaos. Ty is a BCBA with a Masters Degree in applied…