Practice: Discriminating Types of Praise Flashcards

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I am so impressed with what a great job you are doing. Thanks again!

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general praise

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It was helpful that you got right down to work. A couple of other employees followed suit!

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Your knowledge of autism treatments would really help our advocacy group. I signed you up to be involved.

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I can’t believe you have such neat handwriting!

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We have never had a new staff person learn to write a program with less than 5 revisions. You did it with only three!

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Joseph always looks so happy with you. It is this organization’s number one priority to have happy clients.

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Your knowledge of autism treatments would really help our advocacy group. I know that you are busy but would you like to be involved?

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We are all so happy that you chose to work here.

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It only took you six tries to get that program formatted as I outlined.

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I have never seen you make Joseph laugh by covering your face with your long hair before.

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Joseph laughs so hard when you cover your face with your long hair. It is this organization’s number 1 priority to have happy clients.

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It means a lot to me that I can always depend on you to be on time for our meetings.

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