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
- Impacts on the child
- Impacts on the Family
- 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
- Social Behavior
- Communication (language)
- Behavior
- Cognitive Attitudes
- Treatment
- Theories