@Shagufta said in How to educate Autism child? Behavior strategies for students with autism.:

Ignore the challenging behavior: Do your best to keep the challenging behavior from serving as his way of communicating or winning. This is hard to do, but in the long run it is effective. Do not allow his screams to get him out of brushing his teeth, or his biting to get him the lollipop that he wants. Behaviors may get worse before you start to see them get better. Stay the course! And make sure all family and team members are consistent in this approach and that you pair this with other positive strategies.

Hi @Shagufta
Hope everything is going well.

As an Autism Specialist for the last 12 years, it is important to clarify this is just one of multiple strategies and all depends of students' behavior. It is not for all students with autism. It is for us one of the last options.

It is called "The extinction strategy" which is a technique used in behavior modification to reduce or eliminate an undesired behavior. This strategy is based on the principle that if a behavior no longer produces the consequences that maintained it, it will eventually decrease and stop occurring.

How does extinction work?
The first step is to clearly identify the behavior you want to reduce or eliminate.

Once the behavior has been identified, the reward or reinforcer that was maintaining it is removed. For example, if a child complains and receives attention each time, the reinforcer is the attention. Extinction would involve not responding to the complaining behavior so that the child learns this behavior no longer provides the desired attention.

It is common for the undesired behavior to initially increase. This is known as an "extinction burst." The individual may try more intensely or frequently to obtain the reward before realizing it no longer works.

If the consistent approach is maintained, the undesired behavior will begin to decrease as the individual realizes they no longer obtain the desired result.

Best,
Mr. Bryan

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