Managing Behaviors

In this video, Shannon Penrod talks candidly about tantrums and meltdowns, including the difference between a tantrum and a meltdown, how communication challenges in autism lead to tantrums, and how tantrums always serve a purpose in a person’s ability to communicate their wants and needs.

This video shares four tips from an autism mom that parents and caregivers can use to help avoid, prevent, or minimize meltdowns. Tips include looking for cues, redirecting, using a weighted blanket, fidgets, and other things.

In this video, Indie Andy, who is autistic himself, gives 10 tips to help you stop – or – help prevent meltdowns. As an autistic adult, Andy talks about meltdowns as being one of the hardest autism traits to deal with and how meltdowns can occur regardless of age.

Mary Barbera, a nurse practitioner, behavior analyst, and autism mom, discusses medication and dietary supplements for autism and whether you should use them or not.

Shannon Penrod, autism mom and former classroom teacher, talks about the best ways to reduce challenging behaviors in the classroom and on the school yard-so teachers can get back to doing their jobs.

Courtney, a behavior analyst, gives examples of 3-key strategies for reducing unwanted behaviors to learn tools for replacing them with desired behaviors, including, consistency, avoid giving attention to undesired behaviors, and teaching alternative behaviors.

Dr. Mary Barbera is an autism mom, Board-Certified Behavior Analyst, and best-selling author of The Verbal Behavior Approach. In this video she discusses positive approaches to replacing undesired behaviors with positive ones.

In this video, Dr. Mary Barbera discusses aggressive behavior exhibited by some children with autism which can be difficult for even trained professionals, as well as parents to address.

In this episode of Autism Live, Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) Angela Persicke joins the program to discuss “extinction” procedures and their ability to address challenging behaviors in children with autism.

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In this Ability Life Solutions Video Favorite, Shannon Penrod, autism mom and former teacher, delves into the function …

Managing problem behaviors with a child with autism requires a thorough analysis from a professional. Be specific when …

While assessing the problem behavior of an autistic child is important, it is only the first step. You …

Everyone has to learn to deal with emotion, and this can be more difficult for people with autism. …

As an autism parent, meltdowns are an unavoidable part of raising your child. Fortunately, there are ways to …

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