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I have to agree that a time-out can mean different things to different people and we may use a different kind of time out for different ages. I ended up giving this little one two time-outs and within a week, the behaviour had completely stopped. As she is only 18 months old, the time-out consisted of sitting on the couch beside me for about a minute with no interaction...she hated it and got the message.
Kangaroomama- glad it has stopped!
According to the rules here- that is not a time out-- a time out is more of a "go to the corner thing" than a "sit here next to me and collect yourself"
Right - I explain to parents that I don't view "time out" as a punitive measure. It's more to remove the child from the explosive situation (at the same time, relieving the other children from the child's negative behaviour) and give everyone a minute to calm down.