Interventions to Reduce Escape and Avoidant Behaviors in Individuals with Autism

• By: Johanna Lantz, PhD Columbia University Medical Center
• January 1st, 2009
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People with autism spectrum disorders can display behaviors that present challenges to educators, parents, and other caregivers such as aggression, self-injury, disruption, property destruction, and elopement. When such problem behaviors are present, the first step is to conduct a functional...