Little fruit is an autistic child, playing like the wind, running around, muttering in his mouth when idle, not idle for a moment, this kind of self-talk is very much, seriously interfere with the teacher's teaching. As a teacher of a speech correction institution engaged in autism rehabilitation, share our experience.
Why do autistic children have more ineffective language?
1, autistic children usually need self-stimulation, through non-stop talking, let the mouth and tongue move more, in order to meet their sense of security and comfort, many times self-talk is to meet the needs of the brain, in addition to perception related.
2, when autistic children feel stressed or anxious, there will be avoidance and disjointed behavior, so there will be unconscious self-talk, usually, the words spoken at this time have no meaning. It is completely out of line with the current social scene.
Parents should never do this
Parents must not use a stern tone to warn their children to "shut up", "don't talk" and "be honest", this accusation not only has no effect, but also causes children to constantly reinforce this special performance because of special attention. In general, when autistic children have something to do, the frequency of talking to themselves will decrease; But subsidence in this case will not be very effective, because their behavior will be self-reinforcing and will not stop.
How to reduce the stimulating behavior of talking to oneself?
Now that we know the 2 reasons why they talk to themselves, let's start with these two aspects and share some more practical coping methods.
First, what to do when the child is self-stimulating? The first thing to do is to awaken the motivation to communicate and help children find appropriate communication methods, such as gestures, pictures, similar sounds, etc. Parents should take the initiative to join their child's activities and guide him to social interaction.
If the timing is right, you can interrupt the child moderately, but while interrupting, you must give new topics in time, and do a good job of guidance and connection, because if you shut up the child immediately, suddenly reducing self-stimulation will bring a very bad experience. For example, read children's songs with your child, make an agreement with your child, and shut up and be quiet for 5 seconds.
Second, what should I do when the child has avoidance emotions and talks to himself because of anxiety and stress? Parents should give emotional comfort in time, and at the same time assist children to complete tasks, such as encountering difficulties in training, children suddenly become impatient, and suddenly croak in their mouths, then we must hold the child's hand and help them, but we must remember that parents do not interrupt the task, and must cooperate with the child until it is completed.
In addition, in the next task training, we must set the difficulty of the task according to the child's ability and emotions, and we can also reduce the behavior of self-stimulation.
Third, when the child's self-talk behavior shows signs of decreasing under your intervention, then you should not use the previous method repeatedly, because the method you have used is repeated too much, and it will fail. What to do about it? You need to use more rich means flexibly, and at the same time, you need to reinforce the child's positive behavior, that is, after the child stops talking to himself, what he does, or what he likes, then you need to reinforce his next behavior, which is called the after-effect strategy. If your positive guiding behavior towards your child is accepted, then congratulations, you have learned a very effective intervention.
Parents must remember that to treat autistic children this kind of self-talk behavior, must not be excessive, do not rush, in practice, you will find that helping children overcome this problem, really difficult, not in a short period of time can be done. Many autistic children grow up and do not reach adulthood, and there are even signs of remnants.
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