Tuesday 25 September 2018

By Roger Martin


There are a number of approaches used by practitioners when it comes to handling children who are within the autistic spectrum. For parents who have such children, it should be one of their priorities to seek this assistance from qualified specialists especially in Mental Health Counseling and Applied Behavior Analysis. The two processes can be a bit overwhelming for those who do not understand them but will be indeed helpful in the development of the child.

The two practices work towards helping the family as a whole to be aware of the situations at hand, learn how to endure them and teach corrective treatments that will help parents understand their children more. It is therefore advisable for individuals not to be skeptical about counseling but rather embrace it.

Counseling in itself involves a periodic meet up with a specialist who has specialized in autism treatment, allowing you to get reliable advice on how to carry on with the current situation. For children with autism, applied behavior analysis checks on some targeted traits with the intentions of correcting the bad ones and encouraging better traits from the child.

When it comes to applied behavior analysis, the practitioner will use discrete trials which in the long run help to encourage good traits and correct the bad ones. For instance, the specialist may tell the toddler to display some character or carry out an activities, a quick and positive response gets the child an award while a lack of response denies him or her an award. Awards given is used as a motivation and is something that the child loves.

Being actively involved in these two practices, parents will be allowing their children to gain better social skills. It is often to find children with autism shying away from the public because they feel different and this is sometimes encouraged by the parents. Behavioral analysis gives the child ways to cope around their peers and improve their social relations as well. Parents also learn acceptance and to be proud of their children in public.

It allows them to have an improvement in independent living. It is common for people to assume that autistic kids will always be highly dependent on their guardians. The analysis does keep track of the traits and responses that the young one give allowing parents and guardians to teach them independent skills such as feeding themselves, toileting, self-care and being able to sleep through the night on their own.

For parents to derive the best treatment for their young ones and themselves, looking for a well renowned practitioner is mandatory. Things to look out for include level of education. The individual should have at least reached a higher level of education in this particular field from a recognized institution. The specialist also needs to be licensed and practicing with evidence of a certificate proving the same.

When in search of these services as well, it is important for parents and guardians to check on whether their these practices are covered by their insurance because they may require more than just one visit to the specialist. Getting a qualified specialist can be done by getting recommendations from pediatricians or searching for practitioners through websites.




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