Positive Behavior Supports can be useful to parents working with children with Autism. It combines real rewards that the child is interested in with strategies to teach a variety of behaviors or skills. The skills can be educational or self help skills.
Initially we must think about the things our child will work for. We need to think about our childs’ favorite things. It might even be something as simple as a single skittle or a single piece of a cereal our child does not get very often.
Sometimes particularly with candy or cereal you may want to discontinue having that particular brand on a routine basis and have it only for the reward we will use. Some children with Autism can even tell mom or dad what they will work for.
Ideally parents will look for the one or two behaviors or skills that they would like to work on. It is difficult to work on more than two at a time because we all can quickly become overwhelmed with too many things going on at once. Continue reading ‘Autism and Positive Behavior Supports’ »