How to reduce self-stimulation behaviors of children with autism (Part 1)

Keep your child busy

You should know that self-stimulation behaviors mostly occur when the child is doing nothing, such as rest time and unattended time. Therefore, if you want to reduce self-stimulation behaviors, you must first fill up your child’s time and keep him Busy. Please think about it, if your child loves to watch his hands and likes to clap his hands when nothing happens, when you arrange a lot of activities that need to be done with his hands, such as painting, beading, jigsaw puzzles, playing with water, his hands are busy doing these For projects, there is not much time for self-stimulating behaviors such as clapping and watching hands. Find some alternative behaviors that cannot be performed at the same time for self-stimulating behaviors. For example, if children like to play with hands and watch hands, parents will design activities to keep hands busy.

Increasing the amount of exercise for a child

Bringing a child is a tiring task. Whether it is an ordinary child or a child with autism, they always have inexhaustible energy. Therefore, when setting up an activity plan for the child, we should prepare something Activities that consume his physical strength. Like preschool children, go out to walk and run every day, go to the park to play once or twice a week, and can practice shooting, throwing balls, skipping rope and other activities when they are at home. Some parents, they take their children for a run every morning, and take their children for a walk at night. When they go to school, go home or go shopping, they will lead their children and let them walk by themselves, or prepare a small tricycle for their children. Riding, their original intention for children to perform these activities is to let them have a healthy body and enable them to be more independent. In fact, they also help children to consume excessive physical energy and reduce their self-stimulation behavior. Taking children out for walks and playing at home not only enhances the relationship, but also reduces the children's self-stimulation behavior. Move with the child to help the child consume excess energy and reduce self-stimulation behavior