Behaviors are a replacement of the techniques used with children with autism. This technique is very successful for parents who use it successfully.
Replacement behaviour is a tool that parents teach their children deliberately. This tool is called a replacement because you are trying to change it by unwanted behavior.
One of the many things that parents of children with autism have learned is to extinguish or undo behavior. Unfortunately, during this process, all children tend to replace other behavior. As parents of children with autism know that sometimes the child substitutes behavior is worse than the original behavior.
Children with disabilities have their own talents and present behavior that adults considered worse appears to be one of them. Given that we, as adults, are smarter than they are what we can do something about this pattern.
Many parents have learned to replace what is called a behavior of relaxation for unwanted behavior. Have up to 10 if the child can or wants to count or even deep breathing are two behaviors relaxation.
Other parents use physical activity as a replacement behavior. This can be ideal for some children, as it consumes too much energy and making better sleep. That is true if your child has a disability or not.
An important consideration in the teaching of the replacement behavior is for all adults that supported the child with autism to use the same behavior. Since some children with autism have different levels of understanding, may even be necessary that the parents and other adults to agree on the language to be used to replace the elected replacement behaviour for unwanted behavior.
To replace physical activity for a behavior unwanted also gives parents of other benefits. One of them is the reduction of the frustration of the child with autism. Only the opportunity to be lifted and moved seem to help the frustration. Also gives parents the opportunity to be lifted and moved too.
Another bonus is moving around seem to give the child the opportunity to think of words to use in place of behaviors. A parent may have to a soon-to-their children to do this, but sometimes occurs. In the same way relaxation behaviors can child time to think in words.
A final bonus is a little more selfish parents. Relaxation and exercise may give to the parent time. It is time to review what was happening and reach a different plan.
