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SJM Autism Blog

Reinforcers for Children with Autism

4/3/2017

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​by Thomas Altro 
*from the Florida Autism Center Blog
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​Okay, here is a confession – I really like pizza. In fact, I would be willing to help a friend move into her new house for some pizza. However, if my friend were to ask me to help her move into her house, wash her cars, walk her dogs, and mow her lawn, I am not so sure that pizza would be quite worth the effort.
    The point of this silly example is to illustrate that the “pay off” should be balanced with the effort involved in your child’s response. If your child frequently engages in problem behavior after completing two or three problems on a worksheet of six math problems, planning ahead of time to give your child a brief break after completing a single math problem rather than the entire worksheet will likely be more effective in increasing compliant behavior when working on worksheets.
    In order to identify something that may act as a reinforcer, it is also important to watch your child to get a sense of what he or she is interested in or motivated for. Your child’s interests and motivation may change from moment to moment for a number of different reasons. For example, a skittle is less likely to act as a reinforcer if your child has just finished dessert than if he or she is hungry for sweets. The toys your child chooses and plays with the longest from a group of other toys are more likely to act as reinforcers than those he or she ignores or plays with very little. The important thing to remember is this: Follow where your child’s interests and motivation leads you and you will likely find out what will be reinforcing for him or her in that moment.

Reprinted with permissionfrom the Florida Autism Center www.flautism.com with a new location in World Golf Village.

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10/15/2017 11:44:31 pm

The whole world is a different place for the children suffering from autism. There are many skills and strategies required for dealing the children suffering from autism such as providing them with the reinforcers in order to strengthen certain behaviours of the children.

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