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Managing Transitions Between Activities
As adults, we express our needs, wants and feelings daily using functional communication skills. Children with autism may have difficulties communicating and may express themselves by displaying maladaptive behavior. One way to solve this problem and reduce frustration in your client is through Functional Communication Training (FCT).
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Managing Transitions Between Activities
It can be challenging to help children with autism to transition from one activity to another. There are many reasons why children with autism struggle with transitioning between activities. They may become hyper-focused on what they are doing, struggle with stopping a preferred activity, feeling overwhelmed by the next activity or sensory deficits may prevent children from transitioning between activities.
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Why is Generalization Important
As we welcome in the new year, let’s not forget about all the amazing skills your client has learned in the year of 2022! One way you can make sure your client does not forget their skills is through generalization. Generalization is a very important concept in the field of ABA. Generalization is defined as a learner emitting a target behavior in a setting or stimulus situation that differs from the instructional setting (Cooper et al., 2020).