Head banging

Treat the cause of the headbanging at the source, rather than at the symptoms for longer term solutions. Identify and reduce (where practical) the causes of fustration and anxiety, then try to build resilience to those triggers using mild exposure therapy, ie at a very slow and incremental pace, don't take the child outside their comfort zone, but rather build the comfort zone wider and farther to include new things.

Also be aware that capability and cope-ablity are not the same thing, you have to adjust things accordingly. And use positive reinforcement, never negative punishment, otherwise it can cause set backs and potentially damage the autistic child psychologically.

Also be aware that capability and cope-ablity are not the same thing, you have to adjust things accordingly. And use positive reinforcement, never negative punishment, otherwise it can cause set backs and potentially damage the autistic child psychologically.