An Early Childcare Providers Guide to Managing Challenging Behaviors

Question or Hint Answer or Word

What is Autism Spectrum Disorder Having difficulty in social interactions, language, and communication, and often showing repetitive interests or behaviors.
Behavior Any action that a person does that can be observed or measured. Does not refer to some quality, characteristics, or state or a person.
Planned Ignoring One of the best ways to reduce attention getting misbehavior is to ignore it. Ignoring means not looking not scolding/reprimanding, not noticing at all!
Positive Attention Is a good way to teach children and motivate them to continue being good.
Main Qualities of Children with ASD/ or behaviors problems Social(Limited eye contact, problems keeping friends), Language & Communication(Talks about the same topic over & over again), Repetitive interest/behaviors and Physical characteristics. (Has a hard time with changes in routine)
Children with behavior problems Can benefit from interventions used for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Some Ways
Differential Reinforcement Only desired behaviors & simultaneously ignoring undesired behaviors