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How to Investigate and Resolve "Problem Behavior" in Children on the Autism Spectrum
If you have a child with Asperger’s who exhibits problematic behavior, you have probably felt like an investigator, searching for clues and seeking hidden motivations. You may have come up with some quick and easy explanations for your child's behavioral issues (e.g., ones offered by parents at the park, your mother-in-law, and even by behavioral experts), but he often has something completely different up his sleeve. Operating according to the easiest explanation will often make matters worse.
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Helping Asperger's & HFA Teens To Cope With Life
Teenagers don’t exactly have the market cornered on emotional maturity. They’re still developing. So, odds are high that a teen on the autism spectrum has already had a number of uncomfortable peer-encounters by the time he or she reaches adolescence (e.g., teasing, bullying, peer-rejection, etc.).
You can see why the ability to engage in age-appropriate social interaction needed in adolescence may be the one thing that a teen with Asperger’s or HFA associates with failure.
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