{"id":396,"date":"2023-05-14T17:29:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T17:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/littletreasures-pt.com\/?page_id=396"},"modified":"2023-05-14T17:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T17:29:20","slug":"behaviors-characterized","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/littletreasures-pt.com\/?page_id=396","title":{"rendered":"Behaviors Characterized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Behaviors Characterized by Autistic Children<\/strong><br \/>Communication problems may include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Cannot\nstart or maintain a social conversation<\/li><li>Communicates\nwith gestures instead of words<\/li><li>Develops\nlanguage slowly or not at all<\/li><li>Does\nnot adjust gaze to look at objects that others are looking at<\/li><li>Does\nnot refer to self correctly (for example, says \u201cyou want water\u201d when the child\nmeans \u201cI want water\u201d)<\/li><li>Does\nnot point to direct others\u2019 attention to objects (occurs in the first 14 months\nof life)<\/li><li>Repeats\nwords or memorized passages, such as commercials<\/li><li>Uses\nconfusing rhyming<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Social interaction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Does\nnot make friends<\/li><li>Does\nnot play interactive games<\/li><li>Is\nwithdrawn<\/li><li>May\nnot respond to eye contact or smiles, or may avoid eye contact<\/li><li>May\ntreat others as if they are objects<\/li><li>Prefers\nto spend time alone, rather than with others<\/li><li>Shows\na lack of empathy<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Response to sensory information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Does\nnot startle at loud noises<\/li><li>Has\nheightened or low senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste<\/li><li>May\nfind normal noises painful and hold hands over ears<\/li><li>May\nwithdraw from physical contact because it is over stimulating or overwhelming<\/li><li>Rubs\nsurfaces, mouths or licks objects<\/li><li>Seems\nto have a heightened or low response to pain<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Play:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Doesn\u2019t\nimitate the actions of others<\/li><li>Prefers\nsolitary or ritualistic play<\/li><li>Shows\nlittle pretend or imaginative play<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Behaviors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cActs\nup\u201d with intense tantrums<\/li><li>Gets\nstuck on a single topic or task (perseveration)<\/li><li>Has\na short attention span<\/li><li>Has\nvery narrow interests<\/li><li>Is\noveractive or very passive<\/li><li>Shows\naggression to others or self<\/li><li>Shows\na strong need for sameness<\/li><li>Uses\nrepetitive body movements<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behaviors Characterized by Autistic ChildrenCommunication problems may include: Cannot start or maintain a social conversation Communicates with gestures instead of words Develops language slowly or not at all Does not adjust gaze to look at objects that others are looking at Does not refer to self correctly (for example, says \u201cyou want water\u201d when the child means \u201cI want water\u201d) Does not point to<br \/><a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/littletreasures-pt.com\/?page_id=396\">Learn more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/littletreasures-pt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/littletreasures-pt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/littletreasures-pt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littletreasures-pt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littletreasures-pt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/littletreasures-pt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":397,"href":"https:\/\/littletreasures-pt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/396\/revisions\/397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/littletreasures-pt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}