How to Stop a Child with Autism from Hitting | Autism ABA Strategies

Dr. Mary Barbera talks about some autism ABA strategies that can help parents and professionals understand how to stop a child with autism from hitting.
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Whether a child with autism keeps hitting you, others, or themselves, it’s a problem. In fact, dealing with aggression and autism are pretty common, and important issues. There are a number of causes for kids with autism to hit, but it’s important to always start with an assessment. Maybe demands are causing the behavior, or when the child is bored or in pain. Aggressive behavior and autism can correlate with things that are not happening too, and knowing when the behavior is not happening is equally as important.

For example, if the child only hits when they are not on the iPad, that could be a cause as well. All of this is important information for creating a plan to stop or reduce the behavior. When working with autism violence, it’s also important to observe and analyze what else is happening when the child is hitting. Without any of this information, and questions answered, an autism aggression treatment plan can easily backfire. If you’re still questioning “how do I stop my child from hitting”, or “why does my child keep hitting”, make sure to download my free 3-step guide to help you get started turning autism around today.

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🧩 About Mary Barbera 👩‍⚕️

I'm Dr. Mary Barbera and I have been helping parents and professionals for more than two decades ago when my first-born son, Lucas, was diagnosed with a speech delay at 2 and then with autism at age 3. Since then, I became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Host of the Turn Autism Around podcast (with more than 1.7 million downloads), and best-selling author of two books (including my newest book Turn Autism Around: An Action Guide for Parents of Young Children with Early Signs of Autism).

In addition to free content, I post daily across YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. I also offer online courses for parents and professionals. Behavior Analyst BACB CEUs and Early Intervention contact hours are also included for professionals.

Whether you have a toddler with speech delays and/or excessive tantrums or you're a parent or professional helping early intervention clients, I encourage you to subscribe to my YouTube channel and join me for videos almost every day that will help you increase talking, decrease tantrums, and improve eating, sleeping, and potty training!