Anyone with an autistic child knows that repetition is the name of the game. This isn't just a once in awhile luxury we have as parents, this is a constant moment by moment thing.
Justin is no exception to this.
Here's some examples; Justin started putting his fingers in his mouth randomly one day. It wasn't just a once in awhile thing, it was all the time.
So I would tell him over, and over to "Take your fingers out of your mouth Justin." Every time I saw him with them in his mouth.
It took a good 2-3 weeks to break this habit.
Another example; Justin started touching his private area. I once again told him, "Justin, don't touch your pee pee," over and over.
Once I started doing this, he knew it was something he wasn't supposed to be doing. Because I would catch him trying to hide and do it. Or, if he saw me looking at him he would stop.
Once again, after a few weeks of repetition he stopped.
I think this shows how repetition day in and day out, can help alter the negative behaviors that autistic children have.
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