Teaching ASD Children to Self-Manage Their Behavior
"I need some useful behavior management strategies for a very out of control 6 yo boy with autism (high functioning). Thanks in advance!" Teaching kids with ASD or High-Functioning Autism (HFA) to manage their own behavior allows parents to spend less time dealing with challenging behaviors at home. Managing your own behavior is called self-control. Self-control skills are used to help HFA children to pay attention to their own behavior. These young people can learn to monitor their own behavior and control their own actions through using self-control techniques. In order to help a child on the autism spectrum learn to monitor his own behavior, parents should ask themselves the following questions: Are there any factors or challenges that my youngster faces that need to be considered before implementing a self-control plan? Is my youngster able to make an accurate self-assessment of his behavior? What goals do I have for my youngster in using a self-control plan