Recently, on a Facebook Live, I asked parents and professionals if they could wave a magic wand, what autism struggle would they want to go away? A handful of people said they wanted to make meltdowns go away, so today, I'm going to talk about three autism meltdown strategies to help both parents and professionals.
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Children with autism rarely have the safety awareness skills they need and are at higher risk of accidental death than typically developing children. Today I'm talking with a mother who lost her child in an effort to help raise autism safety awareness and prevent the same from happening to other children.</span>
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[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]When people find out I'm a Behavior Analyst and work with children with autism, the most common question I get is "how do I stop my child from hitting?" Today, I have some strategies on how to deal with autism and hitting.
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I'm often asked, "How do you get a child with autism to tolerate a haircut?" Many young children with autism have a very difficult time tolerating not only haircuts but also nail clipping and all kinds of medical procedures. Today, I'm going to dive in and talk about some ways you can make autism haircuts more tolerable.
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In this week’s video blog, I want to share with you a useful analogy I use to examine how we work with our clients or children with autism:
