Challenging Behaviors in Children

• Define challenging behavior
• Examples of challenging behaviors
• Understanding why children engage in challenging behavior.
• Challenging behaviors and children with learning disabilities
• Impacts of challenging behaviors
  1. Impacts on the child
  2. Impacts on the Family
  3. Impacts on the providers
• Challenging behavior can also pose long-term effects
• Identify strategies that will decrease challenging behavior and improve the quality of life for all children in controlled environments such as schools, daycares and public places.
• The best approach toward understanding challenging behavior in children begins by identifying the potential reasons for challenging behavior.
• Look for patterns in behaviors and contributing factors (environment/time of day/etc)
• Managing challenging behaviors

Understanding Autism

• Introduction: What is Autism
• Definition
• Causes
• Characteristics
  1. Social Behavior
  2. Communication (language)
  3. Behavior
  4. Cognitive Attitudes
• Treatment
• Theories