Well-defined behavioral acts which are repeated over and over again and which seem to be without any apparent adaptive function unlike other behaviors (such as many instinctive acts) which, although often formally very stereotyped in form clearly fulfil an adaptive purpose.
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Managing Challenging Behaviours in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Cristina Dumitru (University of Pitesti, Romania) and Dana-Elena Ciobanu (University of Bucharest, Romania)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8217-6.ch008
Abstract
Managing challenging behaviours is crucially important in order for a child to start learning, and this chapter provides teachers with certain tips and recommendations that are meant to improve the quality of life of autistic children, which implies, in particular, increasing their level of independence, the ability to establish social relationships, the opportunity to study and work, access to outdoor and leisure activities. The main aims of this chapter would be addressing the development of new positive behaviour skills which will facilitate social interaction, communication, and learning readiness and the reduction of undesirable forms of behaviour (aggression, self-aggression, hysterics, fears, unusual interests, stereotype behaviours), which are the main factors that hinder socialization and learning. This chapter will present some instruments to collect data about managing behaviours, interpret the data, and address the challenging behaviour in an appropriate manner.