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✅ Focus on two goals at a time for clarity.
✅ Prioritize teaching pointing and asking for help first.
✅ Skills must transfer across all environments consistently.
✅ Use visuals and signs for consistent communication.
✅ Collaborate with OT, speech, and psychology professionals.
✅ Model and prompt desired behaviors in daily routines.
✅ Share progress and strategies with all caregivers regularly.

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✅ Multiple Medication Trials Common: Most families tried 2-3 different medications.
✅ Side Effects Vary Greatly: Same medication affects each child differently.
✅ Team Approach Critical: Teachers, parents, and doctors must collaborate together.
✅ Document Changes Carefully: Keep medication diary to track subtle improvements.
✅ Parents Often Disagree Initially: Couples need strategies for medication decisions.
✅ Non-Stimulant Options Available: Alternatives exist beyond traditional Ritalin for ADHD.
✅ Sleep Issues Improve: Many children sleeping better with right medication.

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✅ PDA is autism with extreme anxiety around demands.
✅ Build trust through authentic, equal relationships with students.
✅ Offer real choices to provide autonomy and control.
✅ Share interests without hijacking them for forced learning.
✅ Model emotions openly to normalize feelings and responses.
✅ Use humor and creative approaches to reduce demands.
✅ Fresh starts daily: never carry sanctions to tomorrow.

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✅ Traditional rewards and consequences often don't work effectively.
✅ Anxiety management is the key to reducing behaviors.
✅ Give children control and choices to lower demands.
✅ Pick your battles and be realistic with expectations.
✅ Watch for warning signs like tone changes or laughter.
✅ Use indirect praise rather than direct compliments.
✅ Start each day fresh for yourself and child.

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✅ Visual supports provide permanent prompts for processing information slowly.
✅ Toilet training requires breaking into smaller achievable mini goals.
✅ Routine changes are extremely challenging for neurodiverse children.
✅ Constipation and stool withholding create significant behavioral challenges.
✅ Social scripts help introduce toileting concepts gently.
✅ Modeling toileting routines reduces fear and builds understanding.
✅ Multiple strategies needed - one approach rarely works.

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✅ Behavior is Communication: Every action tells us something important.
✅ Environment Shapes Outcomes: Autism plus environment equals behavior outcome.
✅ Transitions Trigger Challenges: Most behaviors occur during transition times.
✅ Visual Supports Essential: Keep visuals going especially during transitions.
✅ Connection Before Correction: Build relationships to transform challenging behaviors.
✅ Executive Functioning Matters: Floor dropping indicates overwhelm, not defiance.
✅ Sensory Needs Drive Behavior: Clicking, vocalizing help students stay regulated.

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✅ Begin With End in Mind: Always consider ultimate independence goals.
✅ Strategy Plus Action Equals Success: Combine planning with implementation.
✅ 50/50 Approach: Teachers provide strategies, students take responsibility.
✅ Model Before Expecting: Demonstrate strategies yourself before teaching students.
✅ Timers Build Independence: Visual timers help students manage time.
✅ Reward Strategy Use: Acknowledge when students independently use tools.
✅ Consistency Across Settings: Home and school must use same approaches.

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✅ Schedules must include time to prevent anxiety and rushing.
✅ Physical engagement with schedules improves absorption and understanding.
✅ Digital timers make time accessible for autistic individuals.
✅ Breaking tasks into visual chunks reduces overwhelm significantly.
✅ Schedules decrease prompts, questions, and teacher dependency dramatically.
✅ Five-minute warnings help ADHD students produce best work.
✅ Pause buttons on timers help manage procrastination effectively.

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