CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Many children with autism have behavior problems. These can be hard on both the child and the family and caregivers. More than half of kids and teens with autism may be physically aggressive toward caregivers or other kids and grown-ups. This can include hitting, kicking and biting.

Detailed explanation-2: -Repetitive behaviors were not a required part of the criteria for an autism diagnosis as defined in the previous edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Over the past decade, scientists have come to see these behaviors as central to autism’s definition.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the hallmark features of an autism spectrum disorder is the presence of restrictive and repetitive behaviors (RRBs), interests, and activities. Individuals may engage in stereotyped and repetitive motor movements (e.g., hand flapping or lining up items) or speech (e.g., echolalia).

Detailed explanation-4: -Most of us have a theory of mind in that we can guess what others are thinking and how that might differ from what we are thinking. Those with autism can be thought of as mindblind in that they cannot imagine what others might be thinking, or even that others are thinking. …