Estrategias para el Manejo de Comportamientos Difíciles
En el siguiente seminario web, Estrategias Para el Manego de Comportamientos Difíciles, la Dra.Rosmary Ros-Demarize presentará sobre problemas de conducta en niños pequeños.
Learn MoreTopic: Challenging behaviors
There are a variety of behaviors, such as meltdowns, self-injury, and elopement, that present challenges for autistic people and their families. Read about what researchers are learning from the community.
Browse Topics A-Z
Autism and the Troubling Risk of Suicide
People on the autism spectrum face a troubling risk of suicide. What’s the risk, and why?
Learn More
Lessons from a Study of Severe Autism
What are we learning about severe autism, mental health, and challenging behaviors from a sister study to SPARK?
Learn More
Webinar: Psychiatric Hospitalization for Serious Emotional and Behavioral Challenges in Autism
In this recorded webinar, Matt Siegel, M.D., discusses approaches to the assessment and treatment of people in autism inpatient settings.
Learn More
What Can Cause Severe Behavior in Autism?
Sarah arrived in a hospital psychiatric unit wearing a helmet to protect her when she banged her head. Was autism and puberty the cause of her worsening behavior? The answer may surprise you.
Learn More
Autism, Meltdowns, and the Struggle to Manage Emotions
Some people with autism struggle to manage emotions that may become so intense they cause a meltdown. What are researchers learning about emotion regulation in autism?
Learn More
Webinar: Emotion Dysregulation in ASD-Why it Matters and What We Are Doing About It
Difficulty managing the intensity and duration of emotions is common in autism. Be sure to view this important recorded webinar.
Learn More
When Autism Symptoms are Severe: The Escher Family Story
Jonny and Sophie share some severe symptoms of autism, but like any two siblings, they have their own preferences, from music to skiing.
Learn More
Webinar: Ask Me Anything – Behavioral Interventions for Autism
Don’t miss this recorded webinar with Dr. Melissa Hale. She answers the community’s questions about behavioral interventions.
Learn More
A Risk from Within: Understanding and Treating Self-Injury in Autism
Why do many people with autism hit, bite, or otherwise hurt themselves? What can be done to help?
Learn More