About Us
Challenging behaviors represent some of the most concerning and stressful features of autism. These behaviors can often cause harm or damage, family and staff stress, isolation, and caregiver burnout. Parents may feel guilty or responsible, but it is important to know that you should not blame yourself for behaviors that you find difficult. Sometimes, the extraordinary steps parents go through for their children with complex needs might not be enough, and additional supports and resources might be necessary. It is important not to think of your child, or these behaviors, as ‘bad,’ but to learn how to better understand and respond to challenging situations to make them more manageable for everyone.
Our Services
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Individual sessions for behavior intervention with the child.
- Family education and family counseling.
- Training and workshops for specialists and support teachers.
- Behavior intervention support for other programs at the Child Development Center (CDC).
- Strategies used include :Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), floor time, Environmental Adaptation, Positive Behavior Support and teaching new skills and replacement behaviors
Our Team
Pediatric psychologists that are expert in behavior management strategies and intervention.
- Children with autism and other developmental disorders having challenging behaviors between two and eight years of age.
Referral to The Clinics
The Pediatric Behavior Consultation Service in the Child Development Center (CDC) accepts referrals clinicians in the CDC to assure that the right patients are referred.
What Will Happen After the Referral
- When your consulting CDC physician generates a referral for your child to the clinic you will receive phone call to confirm first appointment.
- First appointment
- The behavioral psychologist will take from you all the details concerning your child behavioral problems and he will do initial Behavioral Functional Assessment.
- If your child challenging behavior happening with the parent at home the behavioral psychologist will give you some behavioral strategies and will recommend some changes at home environment that may help in managing the behavior . You will be given a follow up appointment.
- Second appointment
- The behavioral psychologist will follow up with you what did you do at home and review with you if the behavioral strategies he recommended to you in the first appointment are working or needs to be modified. The management plan will be modified accordingly.
- If your child challenging behavior takes place at school or nursery the behavioral psychologist will contact the teacher or the psychologist at school to follow up with him and recommends strategies to be carried at the setup.
- Child will be discharged from the service once the set of goals are achieved.
