Below are some teaching strategies that were initially developed to address a specific challenging behavior and were eventually used successfully with a variety of children.  These strategies are posted here as a resource for other Parents and therapists.

The WAIT Program is a step-by-step process for (re)teaching a child that when directed to “wait,” a desired item that he/she is currently seeking “is coming.”  The child learns to wait for such item with less challenging behavior. 

WAIT Program
Text Box: Teaching a child to “temporarily stop” - a critical safety skill. This lesson is for children that bolt or act on impulse to run to a preferred object regardless of environmental hazards. The function of bolting is to seek out a tangible item or activity, or act on some impulse. Addressing bolting with this lesson assumes that the function of the behavior is not Attention Gaining or Avoidance of a Demand. Text Box: STOP Program

Problem Solving is an element of Anger Management.  This lesson is part of the social skills program.

Problem Solving
Text Box: A checklist to assist in teaching self-awareness and coping skills.

Feelings Management Checklist

Behavior Strategy for establishing a degree of influence with your child with autism when in the community.

Community Outing

Form developed to address miscommunication between school and home re: homework expectations in amount of time and degree of difficulty.

Homework Sheet

Teaching Strategies/Lesson Plans

PositiveFamilyBehavior
Text Box: More Teaching Lessons to come - as this page is still under construction.