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Bookmark or Share- Saliva (Spit): What To Know - Cleveland ClinicSaliva (spit) is a bodily fluid that has several important functions. For example, it kickstarts digestion, helps you chew and swallow food, and protects your teeth. Saliva is mainly water, but it also has several proteins and other substances that help keep your mouth and body healthy.
- How to Discipline a Child for Spitting - Verywell FamilyStrategies. How to Discipline a Child for Spitting. By Amy Morin, LCSW. Updated on September 17, 2020. Medically reviewed by Ann-Louise T. Lockhart, PsyD, ABPP. Print. Photographed by Sheed / Moment / Getty Images. Spitting can be one of the most repulsive and frustrating behaviors children exhibit.
- Hypersalivation: Causes and treatment - Medical News TodayHypersalivation, also known as sialorrhea or ptyalism, is when a person’s mouth produces too much saliva. It can result in drooling. Possible causes range from using dentures to a jaw fracture....
- Understanding the Psychological Underpinning of Spitting: Relevance in ...Spitting and public spitting are ubiquitous. However, the prevalence of these spitting behavior patterns, and public spitting in particular, is unclear. Public spitting is widespread enough to meet the eyes of policymakers; relevant restrictions are already in place in various parts of the world, reflecting the seriousness of public spitting.
- Strategies Which Address Purposeful Spitting - Watson InstituteWhen a child purposely spits on others, it is a learned maladaptive behavior and can be addressed by teaching an appropriate replacement behavior, positive reinforcement of the new behavior and if necessary, imposing consequences for the spitting behavior (e.g. loss of privilege, time out or cleaning an area spit on).
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