Can students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) benefit from Conscious Discipline?
Conscious Discipline is extremely helpful for all children, and is essential to the success of those who are coping with developmental, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other challenging issues. Other approaches to discipline such as rewards, reflective colored mats, and RED/yellow/green card systems can confuse and frustrate children with these challenges. These approaches neither clarify the behavior that needs modifying, nor teach new skills. Conscious Discipline, however, creates a safe, connected environment in which children can successfully internalize new skills. Students with ASD are frequently taught social concepts in settings outside their daily interactions (typically with therapists doing pull-out therapies). These children have a difficult time generalizing the concepts from the sessions and transferring what they’ve learned in isolation to their daily experience. They need to learn the missing skill in the context of the classroom with the peers they see everyday. One
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- Within the typical classroom, its easy for a child in the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to become invisible. Can Conscious Discipline make a difference?
- Since Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) presents communication barriers, how does Conscious Discipline address the difficulty with language?
- Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) need structure. How does Conscious Discipline help?
