The following examples are ones that I believe we all know well: if you tell your child to wait a while for the pudding cake in front of them to be ready to eat, but often the child can only wait for 30 seconds; when you ask your child to clean up his or her toys, the child just stands there, not knowing what to do next, and then has to be instructed step by step by his or her parents to clean up his or her toys. ......
Why do children always learn not to wait, why do children do not know how to organize their own things, the problem is really where?
Autism is a broad developmental disorder that is often associated with a lack of attention, emotional problems, and low physical coordination. When we look deeper into the problem, we see that the reason behind these symptoms is that the child's self-management and control skills are weak.
Self-management (SM) can be thought of as a process of self-restraint, self-motivation, and the ultimate realization of goals. Specifically for the individual on their own, goals, thoughts, psychology and behavior and so on performance management.
In order to help people with autism learn, work, and live independently as adults, experts have proposed self-management strategies from cognitive-behavioral perspectives.
Self-management in autism focuses on self-care, self-control, and cooperation. Of these, self-control focuses on the ability to control one's own behavior rather than using external forces (mentors).
Individuals with autism can self-modify or maintain a particular behavior, or be able to manage their behavior for an extended period of time without external intervention, by using all three of these areas of operation.
The results of the study also confirm that children with autism, whether mild or more severe, have favorable outcomes after appropriate intervention with self-management strategies.
Individuals with autism sometimes face difficulties in managing their own lives, such as not being able to rationalize their needs and relationships with others, which often leads to inappropriate emotional and behavioral patterns to achieve their goals.
Self-management is an effective way to improve the attention span of children with autism, to develop their independence, and to improve their learning skills and interpersonal skills. Of course, the more important point is that one can be aware of one's own behavior and plan for it in order to achieve the goal of reducing the need for autistic people to always need the help of adults. Assisting StarChild to improve their self-management skills can help autistic people to improve their ability to integrate into the community and adapt to society.
Often times, parents have a lot of plans and goals for their children, but the main reason for this is that the children don't know how to manage themselves.
How can we help our kids learn how to manage themselves so that they can organize their own affairs and increase their independence? If you're confused by your child's inability to carry out a plan, try these methods!
01, make a plan
Make a plan can let the child perceive the concept of time, to cultivate the habit of doing things regularly, not only can the daily life flow, but also can help autistic people reduce the sense of confusion.
02. Visual cues
Most autistic people have more visual than auditory access to information, and visual cues, such as cards, tables, and flowcharts, allow children to understand what they need to do next, and make them more motivated to do things. The results of the study show that the application of visual support strategies can effectively reduce the waiting time of autistic people and increase their waiting initiative and independence.
03. Conducting self-assessment
An example: Xiao Nan likes to hit people, and the parents communicated with Xiao Nan and developed a square record book for Xiao Nan to self-record his good behavior.
In the specified time (the set time should not be too long, can be five seconds, ten seconds, etc., etc., after the child is familiar with the rules in the slowly extend the time), if the nan does not hit the person, in the square box to play a tick, set full of five ticks, the nan will be able to get their own want to strengthen the thing (strengthen the thing can be communicated with the child in advance). After setting the rules next say to your child, "Now you can do what you like." At the end of the five consecutive seconds, Nan did what she liked and there was no bad behavior throughout the process, so Nan could tick all the boxes and get the reinforcer. The whole process of ticking the boxes is like performing a self-assessment.
Three things to keep in mind when self-managing:
1. Make sure the reinforcements are "meaningful" to the child
2. Minimize the number of reminders during the self-management process
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Understanding self-management strategies and applying them not only develops the ability of autistic children to complete learning tasks in an organized and sequential manner, but also improves the child's initiative and independence in learning, so that the child changes from passive learning to active learning, and from "wanting to learn" to "wanting to learn". "
These are the first time I've ever seen a child in the world who has been in a state of shock, and I'm not sure if I've ever seen one.
In addition, it can also effectively improve the social interaction of autistic people, so that our children can show their strengths and be independent in society in the future.