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| Sat, 12-08-2007 - 6:21pm |
Hi ive posted on here a few times my daughter was dx with ASD last april and presently receives ABA therapy she was assessed by a psychologist and was found to be quite mild so PDD-NOS i guess.



The only way to address behavior is to first discover the "Why" of the behavior through some investigative work.
One easy way to do this is an ABC sheet. On a piece of paper put 3 collumns. In the first column write "Antecedent", in the second "Behavior" and the 3rd "Consequence".
Antecedents is all that information of what happens JUST before the behavior. What is the setting, what happened to her just before (some sort of verbal direction? Lost a favorite toy, etc). The setting and all information is important. For instance if it is always just before dinner, or always when extra people come in the room perhaps she is hungry or senstiive to crowds. Then record how she reacted (her behavior) and finally, waht the consequence was. Did you ignore, put her in time out, tell her no, perhaps a child hit her back, grandma gasped and scolded her, or something off key like the toy broke, or perhaps something completely different. What ever happens as a result of her behavior.
What is interesting to note is sometimes the consequence of a first behavior is the antecedent to the next one.
If you do this for a bit you will start to see some patterns. First, what situations are more likely to instigate a behavior. Transitions are a BIGGY for our kids. Anytime they are asked to switch from one activity to another. Sometimes if mom is even just talking to someone else about getting ready to leave.
Look for her "antecedents". What common threads do you see which typically come before her behavior.
Next look for what consequences tend to stop the behavior and what ones cause more behaviors to happen.
When you have this information it is going to help you design a behavior plan that will work for her. I can't understand WHY your supervisor didn't mention it. It is ABA 101. There are many more indepth functional analysis they should be able to do as well but it would be hard to explain via the internet.
After you have some ideas of the whys of her behavior and what starts/stops her behavior I can help you come up with some behavioral ideas.
Remember, behavior is communication. It never happens for "no reason". There is a reason, we just have to be detectives to discover it.
Renee
Boy, a lot of that sounds familiar!
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