Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: I want to make a choice, I do not want to do my work. In the class I am interning in, there is a girl who has Kanner's Type Autism. She has to do an activity everyday where two cards with an animal on each are placed in front of her and she is told to identify whichever animal they tell her. About three times into this, she will completely lose focus and start to pretend as if she is really sleepy and wants to "make a choice" which is what they do in their free time in the classroom. They can choose an item to play with. What can be done about this? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I can see why she may be getting bored and want to avoid the behavior. Yes, schedules are GREAT for students with autism, however the tasks themselves don't (always) have to be the exact same! Let her know this is "work time" and try an "if, then" statement. I.e. "IF you finish 15 min of doing these cards, THEN you can make a choice for 5 min" or something along those lines. Any time she brings up being tired, remind her "card time is not up yet. Finish cards, then we can do choice for 5 min." Make sure to give her times, so when she has to put "choice" away, she does not throw a fit. Also remind her when there is only 1 min left so she can prepare herself to move on. Perhaps get a visual reward chart. At the top it can read "I am working for choice" and maybe every 5 min of work she does she can earn a star. If an unfavorable behavior is made, she looses a star. Something she can see and can not argue with. Timers and visual schedules are PERFECT for this! Even having a "doing now" and "done" schedule can be great. She can move the item or picture of maybe a notebook or book over from the doing to the done side and then she knows that it is all over.