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Topic:  `when The Toddler Takes Over: Changing Challenging Routines Into Conduits For Communucation` - Abstract


 
 
 
Type of paper: Essay
Subject area: Education
Academic level: College
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Date submitted: 2008-11-21 22:45:22
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Woods J . and Goldstein , H (2003 , ````When The Toddler Takes Over :
Changing Challenging Routines Into Conduits For Communication ' Focus
on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities , 18 , 3 , Fall 2003 , pp .
176-181 .
When considering how to approach children with challenging behaviors ,
therapists should be prepared to use communication replacement behavior .
Early intervention has proven to be useful in children who have
developmental delays . It is not necessary for a child to have a specific
diagnosis in order to be eligible for early intervention , but any family
that has a child with developmental delays that disrupt the family
routine needs the assistance of an early interventionist . Communication
intervention needs to be based on the most pressing problems perceived
by the family . Isolating and describing the problems gives the family
and the early interventionist a place to start when attempting to begin
communication replacement behaviors . Discovering particular problems
also allows one to discover the function of the unwanted behavior . Once
the function is determined , it is possible to replace the problem
behavior with a more desirable response .
The early interventionist must be responsible for explaining their
methods to the family . Some methods used may seem to be opposed to the
end result that the family desires , so the early interventionist needs
to be prepared to explain in regular language what methods have worked
before , how they worked , and how to work them into a daily routine .
Methods have to be realistic within the family 's support system , time ,
available resources , and adaptability . If they are not supported by the
family , the only time the child will receive instruction in them is when
the therapist is present , usually only two days per week . This severely
limits the child 's progress .
It is important that parents be included in the intervention process .
When they are told what the therapist expects of the child , the
expectations can be worked into everyday routines . The function of the
routines can help to provide clear definitions of responsibilities and
roles in the family . Once the routine is fully established into the
areas that the family requests , each part of the routine can become a
framework for intervention . Parents can elicit from the child preferred
behaviors for asking for an item , declaring that they are finished with
the item , and requesting more of an item . Turn taking is highly
important . A parent can model a preferred behavior and prompt the child
to respond . The child needs to know that a preferred behavior will get
the response that they want . Having such a routine lets each side know
what is expected of them at what time . Everyday routines help the child
become accustomed to what behaviors to use , and show them how they are
meaningful in an everyday situation .
My personal opinion of this article was that the suggestions it offered
made a lot of sense when they were paired up with the case study of
little Kelly . When her family was able to determine when and where her
behavior was...

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