Creating Behavior support for children with Down syndrome 

Using behavior support strategies is critical to managing challenging behaviors across various settings. Doing so requires that you are honest with yourself and have a more complete understanding of your child's needs and not just their behavior. The work of behavior management is emotionally demanding, often tiresome work that requires you to "detach" yourself from some of these feelings in order to improve the situation. Learning to trust yourself, your observations and interpretation of your child's behavior ...Read more

Disruptive (Externalizing) Behavior in Children with Down syndrome
 

Externalizing behavior is directed outward into the environment or toward others and typically receives immediate attention from others. As its name would imply, disruptive behavior disrupts the physical or social setting and can be dangerous or result in harm to self or others

Typically, disruptive behaviors are diagnosed in the early school years when a child is between three to seven years old. However, some ...Read more