Autism-World

Ask:

My child is 6 years old and has autism. He gets very aggressive at times and takes a long time to calm down. Does this flower essence therapy help children with autism especially who have behavioural problems like anger and impulse? Please help as i don’t want to go for ‘Ritalin’.

Answer:

I’m not sure of the effectiveness of flower therapy for children with autism. If it is not harmful for the child, I suppose it is worth a shot.

However, I recommend behavior therapy (specifically Applied Behavior Analysis). It is specifically designed to address behavior issues. What happens is a behavior analyst will observe your child, interview you, and work directly with your family to design a behavior plan specifically for you son and his behaviors.

ABA uses positive reinforcement to increase desired/appropriate behavior. ABA is quite effective for most children, and without the medication interventions.

Here are some resources for ABA.
http://www.behavior.org/behavior/behavio…

http://www.behavior.org/autism/…

http://www.shapingbehavior.com/whatisaba…

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 at 8:58 pm and is filed under Ask and answer.