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Understanding and Addressing Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in Children with Autism

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Restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) in ASD include stereotyped movement, repetitive use of objects and speech, restricted interests, insistence on sameness, and atypical sensory responses. The way these symptoms present vary across children and development, but often cause significant challenges for individuals and families. Although comprehensive treatment approaches have shown limited effect on RRBs in young children, there are effective strategies to reduce RRBs and/or their effect on children and families. These include a range of behavioral and cognitive behavioral strategies such as functional communication training, use of visual schedules and cues, interruption and redirection, physical exercise, differential reinforcement, and exposure and response prevention, all to be discussed in this chapter.

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  • 24 December 2020

    Mary Kate Frisch provided her valuable contribution to chapter 4 “Understanding and Addressing Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in Children with Autism” of this book.

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Turner-Brown, L., Frisch, M. (2020). Understanding and Addressing Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in Children with Autism. In: Vivanti, G., Bottema-Beutel, K., Turner-Brown, L. (eds) Clinical Guide to Early Interventions for Children with Autism. Best Practices in Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41160-2_4

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