Safeguarding Your Child with Autism focuses on preventing unintentional injuries to children, teens, and your adults with autism. The book explains that there is a much higher rate of preventable injuries to people with autism compared to their typically developing peers. Deficits in communication and comprehension, as well as certain dangerous behaviors and fixations can have devastating consequences (poisonings, burns, falls, injuries from vehicular collisions, drowning). The authors, experts on autism, offer ways to reduce hazards and teach skills to help people with autism negotiate the world safely, and cover: Models for safety-- top-ranked Sweden's approach to child safety; caregiver surveillance approach; root cause analysis of close calls; Behavior Analytic Approach to determine the reason behind a specific behavior; the Haddon Matrix, a prevention planning tool Instructional approach-- visual supports; Social Stories; prompts & reinforcement; role-play; modeling; Behavioral Skills Training; Direct Teaching Specific strategies for major risks--barriers; supervision; pedestrian safety skills; water safety skills; family action plan; IEP; behavior assessment; bullying prevention; protective gear for sports; hazards removal from environment Devices and technology Collaboration with law enforcement and first responders Special attention is given to monitoring and preventing elopement and wandering tendencies, which create very dangerous, unsupervised environments and can lead to unintentional injuries.

Safeguarding Your Child with Autism: Strategies and Tools to Reduce Risks (Topics in Autism)

Parenting & Relationships

Scott, Jack

Debbaudt, Dennis

Flood, Bairbre

Parenting

Special Needs Collection

Individuals with developmental disorders are seven times more likely than other people to come into contact with police and their responses to encounters with the law may not always be socially appropriate. How can the needs and responses of people with autism spectrum disorders be reconciled with the duties of the police to serve and protect the community? In this book, private investigator and autism advocate Dennis Debbaudt provides essential information for both groups. He explains how typical manifestations of autism spectrum disorders, such as running away, unsteadiness, impulsive behavior or failure to respond, may be misunderstood by law enforcement professionals, with serious consequences. For individuals with ASDs, he offers advice on how to behave in encounters with police and other law enforcement professionals. Aimed at raising awareness and facilitating communication between people with autism and law enforcement professionals, this much-needed book will be a valuable resource for both communities.

Autism, Advocates, and Law Enforcement Professionals: Recognizing and Reducing Risk Situations for People with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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