HOW TO RESPOND TO VIOLENT AUTISTIC BEHAVIOUR IN

TODDLERS AND CHILDREN

In this modern world there are various discrepancy regarding how to handle
violent autistic behaviors. Professionals and parents should consider few
aspects of handling children, they are the future of next generation. We have
immense role to create good citizen in this advanced world.
These are few behaviors of autistic children
• Trouble using and understanding language or certain aspects of language
• Trouble in understand idioms and metaphors
• Difficulty taking in sensory input in an ordinary way.
• Mostly stick on particular routines
• They have frustration
• Trouble recognizing another person’s opinion or understanding another
person’s feelings.
• Difficulty in working or participating in activities with no clear ending
• Difficulty switching from one activity to another
• Difficulty is social skills
• Difficulty in organizing the productive play.
• Echolalia
• Repeated movements
• Stereotypical behaviors
• Refuse or ignore requests
• Behave in socially inappropriate ways
• Be aggressive or have tantrums
• Engage in self-stimulatory behavior, like rocking or hand-flicking
• Hurt themselves or other children, like head-banging or biting.
Handle the behaviors of autistic children

• Visual or non-verbal redirections

• Block aggression without engaging
• Attend the victim
• Assuring safety
• Check your own emotions
• Don’t yell or scream
• Eye-contacts are not advised
• Avoid touching
• Don’t discuss the child’s behavior
• Don’t refrain from teaching appropriate ways to gain attention
• Reduce screen play
• Reduce over protection
• Let the child to complete the task
• Give the opportunities

Parents are requested to provide therapies to improve

speech and language, communication, sensory and social
skills.

Kunnampallil Gejo John,

Speech Language Pathologist/Therapist