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The Value of a Relationship Approach to Autism

In aiding children with developmental as possible with typical peers. They may
challenges, we must first realize that need additional support and
this requires a team effort and a accomodations, but how will they begin to
strengths based approach. It is necessary learn important skills unless they have
to not focus on what the child cannot do frequent and continuous exposure to the
but look at what the child can accomplish world around them. I have developed the
and build upon this. Parents can enlist use of what I term 'real life
the support of professionals but must rehearsals', where we may set up a
realize that it is they who are the most particular social scenario for a child.
important persons in the child's life and It may be such a thing as being able to
that furthering the development of their make a purchase at the grocery store. The
child is not just the work of therapist and parents guide and coach the
professionals but is a collaborative child ahead of time in how to go about
effort from everyone involved with the such an activity and then have them
child. It is neccessary that for any actually demonstrate it. Social stories
interventions to truly be effective and and comic strip conversations are very
helpful, that they must be consistent and useful in conveying information as these
constant. The interventions must be the children tend to be visual learners.
same throughout all domains that the Social stories can be simply made
child is present in.It is crucial for us booklets that the child helps to create
to understand the environmental responses where a particular task or scenario is
that children have, whether they have outlined with what behaviors are
developmental concerns or even if they do expected. The comic strip conversation is
not. If a teacher, parent, or other helpful in building empathic skills as
person has a hostile tone, a poor well as reflective thinking as we ask the
demeanor, a loud voice, etc. All of these child to develop captions for what
things can be overwhelming to the child different individuals may state and think
and can provoke a behavioral response. in various situations.Lastly, I think it
All behavior is purposeful and should be is crucial, though it may appear
looked upon as so, even negative controversial to some, to state that
behaviors. Behaviors are a way of the children with developmental concerns can
child speaking to us about a distressing and will be benefitted from a
situation or an apparent need or desire psycho-social and relationship based
when they may not be able to convey this approach alone. Some have decided to
to us verbally. Light, sound, and other resort to medications, and I am placing
sensory stimuli can also produce distress no blame or condemnation on those who
for a child. We need to create awareness have made this decision, however making a
of what in the environment may serve as suggestion that there are alternatives
triggers to distress and seek to modify and informing of these alternatives as
the environment to make it a more well as the hazards of psycotropic
comfortable and safe place for the child. medication usage. First, I will not argue
We must also be cautious in how we view that medications can 'work' in the sense
children. If we look at a child of subduing behavior. However, strapping
displaying negative behavior as a a child to a chair would also work in
'monster' or feel that because a child regards to subduing behavior. This would
may be rambunctious at times that we must be aversive and quite possible illegal. I
automatically resort to medicating them, see little difference between such an
then we have taken a negativistic approach and that of using psychiatric
attitude that will surely be passed on to medication. The difference is that one is
the child. Children are keenly aware, a physical restraint, the other a
even those with communication struggles, chemical restraint. When we say that
of adult's perceptions of them. We should something 'works', often we are not
look at our children through the eyes of looking at the mechanism by which it
delight and address behavioral works. Dr. Peter R. Breggin, MD compared
difficulties not in terms of how we can the use of antipsychotic medications in
subdue, but rather how we can meet needs children to 'chemical lobotomy' as it
and resolve conflict and remove blunts the functions of the frontal
distress.The floor time model is of lobes. Thr risk of tardive dyskinesia, a
particular usefulness in working with permanent disfiguring neurological
children with communication and social impairment exists with these drugs. In
struggles. For those children who are addition, such drugs as Risperdal are
non-verbal, we can begin to introduce prescribed off label and are not
hand signals, moving to use of pictures, indicated for anyone below the age of 18
and then gradually encouraging the child but continue to be prescribed.It may
to make use of words or phrases to require more diligence, effort, and
indicate desires. It is not important patience, but I remain convinced after
initially whether the verbalizations are working with over 40 children with
correct but rather that a verbal attempt developmental challenges, that
was made. When a child displays such a relationship based approaches, rather
behavior as spinning objects, in the than chemical restraint, prove to be a
floor time model, we would not be true means to teach our children skills,
aversive, but rather gently introduce a to focus on their strengths, to build on
new toy or object and seek to divert the their development, and to help address
child to a more productive activity. In challenging behaviors and to address the
situations of echolalia, we can say such real source of conflict and distress
things as 'that's TV talk', and provide rather than just blunting it.Dan L.
means to divert this to a different means Edmunds is a doctoral candidate (abd) in
of conversing. It is important to provide Pastoral Community Counseling. He is
the child with understandable signals and Board Certified in Sexual Abuse Issues
meaningful statements and phrases when we via the American Academy of Experts in
are desiring them to behave in a Traumatic Stress. He has served as a
different way.In order for children with therapist with a diverse population of
developmental concerns to be able to children and adolescents including many
integrate more into the social sphere, it with developmental challenges. Edmunds
is necessary that they not be isolated serves as the county autism specialist
into situations where they are labeled for a private agency in Northeastern
and shuffled away from typical peers. Pennsylvania.
Rather, they should be included as much




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