The post discusses water safety for autistic children, emphasizing the importance of preparation, education, and supervision. It highlights the children’s attraction to water and their lack of awareness of its dangers. Practical tips include enrolling in specialized swimming lessons, practicing water safety at home, and constant supervision to ensure safety during water activities.
Category: Behavior Management
Addressing Tantrums: 3 Ways to Help Your Child
My child throws a tantrum so much during the day, I’m just not sure what to do. Tantrums are hard….
Addressing Negative Behaviors: How and What to Say
My child is always doing something they shouldn’t be. What should I do? First things first… Remember that all behavior…
Creating Change: How to Shape Behaviors for End Goals
I want to teach my child new skills, but it seems like they’re struggling to learn stuff. Sometimes when we’re…
Teach Better Behaviors: When to and How to Do It
My child always seems to be doing things they shouldn’t, but I don’t know what to do… It’s ok to…
How to Use Priming for Accomplishing Tasks
My child has difficulty when it comes to ending one activity and moving on to another. Everyone has trouble ending…
When to Alter the Environment: Setting Your Child Up for Success
My child cannot seem to play nicely with other children in the sandbox. What can I do to help? There…
Negative Reinforcement: What It Is and How to Use It to Address Behaviors
It seems that everytime I tell my child it’s time to do homework, they purposely throw the worksheets all over…
Positive Reinforcement: What It Is and How to Use It to Address Behaviors
I want to encourage my child to do a different behavior, but I’m not sure how. It’s ideal to want…
Reinforcement: How to Increase Behaviors!
I was just told about reinforcement, and that I should use it to teach new behaviors. Reinforcement! One of my…