WHAT IS STIMMING?!? | Autism Stimming Behavior Explained! | Automatic Function | Episode 5

Autism Stimming Behavior Explained | What is stimming / stemming? | Automatic Function | Into the Spectrum | Episode 5 | Video | Free ABA Training For Parents (or anyone that wants to learn) (ABA Therapy)
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If you know someone with Autism Spectrum Disorder (or Aspergers) then this video is for you! Courtney will give you a simple explanation to show you how to deal with Stimming (Automatic) problem behavior. She is a professional behavior analyst who helps people with autism everyday. Feel free to ask questions and discuss in the comments, and don't forget to like and subscribe!
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Courtney Peters, MA, BCBA / LBA
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Courtney Peters is a Licensed BCBA with over a decade of experience. Her passion for helping people blossomed the moment she started working one on one with people on the spectrum. She has helped countless people with Autism. Courtney is currently providing support as a Clinical Supervisor for a nonprofit organization where she trains families and therapists every day.
Phil Schlemmer is a professional recording engineer with multiple family members on the spectrum. He has worked with many platinum recording artists such as: YES, Dionne Warwick, Ludacris, Kelly Rowland, and Ice T to name a few! He's transferring his technical and creative knowledge to now help people with autism!
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[@Jasx1x]

As a parent of a child with Autism, we try and become experts in Autism...to help our children learn and grow and become productive in life. Thank you for all your help! Val

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

+planet dad Thank you so much for your comment!! We love hearing that's it's helpful! It really means a lot! :)

[@carollee012]

Thank you for explaining blocking and re-directing! Such a helpful visual! My fav scene is 3:15 hahaha

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@classica1fungus]

if "stimming" helps calm or feel better, and the activity is not hurting anyone or breaking anything, i dont see why it should be discouraged or interupted. from my understanding these children (some of them) have difficulty calming that fight or flight mode. if stemming helps, i will not discourage my son from doing it.

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

+classical fungus Thank you for sharing your story! People stim for many different reasons and there are many different ways to respond! You guys have learned that his stimming can be used as a calming strategy! I am glad that you learned that about him!

[@davidfidler]

This video helps greatly in understanding the problems encountered by parents and carers of children with autism.

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

+David Fidler Thank you for your comment!

[@اموديع-ف5ظ]

For these tips, thank you for these very, very, very beautiful tips

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

You are so welcome! Thank you so much for your comment!

[@aab3971]

Hi Courtney, Thanks lot for theses valuable videos. Please upload a video about verbal stimming and therapies for that.

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

+NICK ABEY Thank you so much for the feedback! I really appreciate it! We will get to work on making a video about verbal stimming. Great suggestion!

[@marybethfox5567]

Thank you for making this video! Such great info!

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

thanks for watching!!!

[@JDKim-ds3qr]

Great video! Thank you so much!

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

J.D. Kim thank you so much for watching and commenting!! 🙂 We will be coming out with more soon!

[@dineshudaya]

You guys doing great job.

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

Thank you so much!

[@jackfrost7312]

Hi, love this video really helped to understand what automatic behavior is. My 5 year old daughter will bite her hand and it doesn't matter where she is, at home playing, in bed, granny's, nannies or at gymnastics, she will still do it. How do I stop her from doing this, as we have no idea how we can stop this happening and we really don't want her to hurt herself.

[@andreacarter6827]

What about self-harming behaviors? My son picks underneath his tongue until he bleeds everywhere, his school actually had to call the last couple of times for me or his dad to come get him because of the blood. (School is now out for the summer) He also plugs up one nostril with one finger and blows hard repeatedly until he forcibly gives himself a nose bleed and then smears the blood all on himself or his immediate surroundings. He has also pulled out his own hair, beats his legs with his knuckles and has bruises all up and down both his legs, bit his foot until his teeth sunk into his skin, his foot is still not completely healed even though it had already been a month since he had bit himself, it's healing but it still looks red and somewhat inflamed. It's completely closed up now. He also throws things at his sister, scratches her, he smears his spit just about everywhere we go. I really love my children and want my son to get the help that he needs but I feel like all I ever run into is road blocks. And before you ask, yes I did take him to the doctors. Every time he self harmed himself, I'd take him to his doctors not knowing what to do. The last time his doctor prescribed him with Prozac and I asked for a referral to a mental health place that's about an hour away from where we live. But I'm still not satisfied with the "help" that my son is getting. I felt like the Prozac was actually making him worse not better. He also is taking Adderall ADHD medication to help him focus better at school. We were pressured into getting him onto ADHD medication by his school but we never wanted him medicated, I feel it has too many side effects risks. And I still have not heard back from that mental health place. He is also supposed to go to a place called Child Study Center in Little Rock, AR but we will be getting a future appointment with them. My son also recently began attending a place called Hope Landing in El Dorado, Arkansas where he'll be receiving Speech, Occupational and Physical therapies there. They know all about his self harming issues and they are going to try to work with me and him to try to find out what might be triggering him to be self harming himself. But I don't know what to do, where we live there is a very limited amount of resources that I can go to for help. I don't know why I'm even contacting you guys or how you guys can even help, but I'm getting pretty desperate here

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

+Andrea Carter thank you for reaching out for help. I am sorry that you have not been given many answers. It sounds like you guys are going through a lot. I would suggest getting a Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA). This could include a record review, parent and staff interviews, student interviews, rating scale assessments, direct observation and/or a functional analysis. The FBA should tell you the WHY. Why he is engaging in this behavior. Only properly trained people should run this including BCBA's. You can find BCBA's listed on the BACB website. info.bacb.com/o.php?page=100155&by=stateAlso, listed on Autism Speaks are providers in Arkansas. www.autismspeaks.org/resource-guide/by-state/106/Applied%20Behavior%20Analysis%20(ABA)/arI know you are on school break right now, but you can ask them when school is back in session to conduct an FBA and to write a behavior plan. They should under federal special education law conduct an FBA if any of these conditions are happening: -If, during the IEP meeting, the team determines that the child has a behavior that is impeding his/her learning (or that of others)-If the child’s placement needs to become more restrictive because of the challenging behaviors-If the child’s behavior has resulted in an emergency change of placement-As part of the initial and full evaluation if necessaryI hope this information is helpful! Thank you for commenting!

[@jamiep8158]

I love this! My 18mo old has many red flags for Autism and we can't find a place to get him evaluated that doesn't have a year long wait list!we're in the phx AZ west valley area. I'm getting really worried because he hits his head on things( mostly when he gets frustrated, as a toddler wuth communication problems it's ALOT)😢 When you brought up hitting heads because they have a headache it makes me wonder if it's something else. Please help with any advice and tips!! - one worried mama😢

[@wnighatabdullah6367]

Talk about sitting tolerance, pencil gripping, eye contact

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

+carollee012 Lol! I'm so glad that you liked it!! 😄 thanks for your support!!

[@hardiksharma22]

Thank you for your videos, it is does help me to understand reasons for my sons behavior. He is 32 months and recently diagnosed with ASD. We are really concerned about his hand flapping, toe walking and running in circles. We are trying to stop these behaviors, but don't know how to replacement for these specially hand flapping. If you can give us some tricks for that would be really helpful. Thanks again and hope to see new videos and learn.

[@lougreenfield7939]

don't replace them and work on unlearning the negative bias you have towards autism and supporting your child to grow in their authentic autistic identity! Hand flapping is autistic joy

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

Thank you for watching! Hopefully soon we can make a more in depth video for you!

[@uroojaslam6687]

Great video. I have a question..my son likes to drop things over the couch. it started out with blocks and then cars and now it's pretty much anything he can get his hands on 😁. after a while he will come around to the other side of the couch and throw them back down to the floor. this is his favorite thing to do. just wondering why he likes doing this so much? maybe the sounds of the toys dropping down??

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

+Urooj Aslam First, thank you for your comment! :) If he likes dropping things to the floor it could be a couple different things. The two most common for this behavior (if the function is automatic) is wanting the noise input or the visual input. He could like the visual input of watching the items fall down, or it could be the noise of when it crashes. OR it can be a combo of the two! He likes both! I would try to rule one out. For example, I could block his vision so he couldn't watch the item and see if he continues to do it when he just hears the crashing sound. Conversely, you can give him items to throw down that make no noise. Does he continue with those items just to watch it? Investigate further to see what type of input he is seeking, and then you will know how to help him more. In addition to that, I would make sure to look at the other functions, such as attention, to make sure that is not what he wants. Thank you so much! I hope this helps!

[@uroojaslam6687]

Thanks for replying ! I'm pretty sure it's the noise input. He walks behind the couch and drops down the toys. Which hit the arm rest thingie and make a sound. He is too short to see them fall down😁

[@astruz5674]

Hi! I like all your videos! My question is for my son. He likes open and close the doors everywhere and doing with his hands how the doors in metro or buses close .What can I do to change it?

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

Thanks for much for watching and commenting!!! First you have to find out what kind of sensory input that he is getting out of the doors. Is it visually pleasing? Or is it the sounds that he likes? Or could it be both? Once you know this then you can find something that gives him the same stimulation/input that he's looking for. This could be something like throwing a light up ball or yo-yo. Or spinning a top. Or fidget spinner. Something that is appropriate that still fills this need. I hope this helps! Thanks again for your question! Give us an update in the future!

[@astruz5674]

Into the Spectrum Thank you very much for answering to my question. Now I understand that there are both reasons to do it because he doesn't do it so much to the doors but he takes a book for example and does the same or does it with his hands and some time does the noise of the sound we hear at metro when doors close. Because he can speak a kind of he tells me sometimes that he likes watching open and close and laughs for example in supermarket the door or the little gate open and close.

[@astruz5674]

I want to ask something else .I agree for stopping this kind of behavior maybe doesn't help the child but when it hapens every where we go it only get problems. Isn't better find a way to stop it or change it?

[@bossmom3335]

What is an alternative for hair twirling?

[@creativemom8074]

Hi Courtney thanks for your videos.. I am a mom turned therapist . I wants to ask you what options done have international of providing replacement behavior to a child with scripting in the form of stimming? like you showed in this video drums for a child making sounds. thanks in advance

[@creativemom8074]

I meant what options do we have in terms of providing replacement behavior to a child with scripting as a way of stimming.

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

+THE PRO Thanks for watching and commenting! How awesome that you are working as a therapist! So cool! Let's look at a replacement for scripting- It could be appropriately commenting during play, or having a conversation, or playing with more activities/toys during downtime. All of these things might have to be taught and practiced. You can also teach responding to the instruction "Quiet" or "No talking about (movie)." This may seem like a lot, but changing automatic behavior can be tricky!! Let me know if this helps!

[@creativemom8074]

Thanks Courtney!! Yes indeed I enjoy working with our kids!! Strategies you mentioned, This is what I exactly I do...with continuous and appropriate interventions have seen some improvement however the expected results are v slow so I wanted more options. Thank you so much !!!

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

You're welcome! I am so happy that I could help! Keep me updated on the progress! :)

[@l4t0y4]

How do you redirect movie scripting?

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

Thank you so much for your question! It's a hard one to answer because there are a few options! Look at how you can redirect with your child. Can he or she talk about the movie with somebody else and "script" the movie to be more of a conversation? Or what about having a time and place for them to script?

[@debbieburney431]

Hi, thank you for the informative videos. I have a child in my class of five year olds who displays lots of stimming behaviours including pencil tapping and humming while she is working. She also draws on things like walls and the carpet. Would this count as a stimming behaviour? How could I discourage it?

[@Sasloop1]

Hi, I was wondering if you could give options for hand flapping and jumping. How would I redirect this behavior?

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

+Shana Sloop We have to think of possible alternatives that they could do instead. What about clapping, high-fiving another person, jump roping, or jumping on a trampoline? I would teach at home first and practice. For example, if they get really exited when the marble goes down a tower, show them what they could do instead when they are super excited. I could say something like, I'm going to put the marble down, show me what you are going to do? They could then demonstrate the new action you are teaching. There are many actions that you can choose, and that is based on what the child responds to most and if it gives them the input that they need. Thank you for your question!

[@ymrelang]

Great video! Thanks very much. I would like to know how to deal with a highly functional 9 year-old girl who is very aggressive. It seems she does it for attention, avoidance and access. Please help! She is also very inappropriate with her words

[@countrysidelivingwithtracee]

my 10 year old continually walks on her tip toes she will not walk flat footed ugh

[@yourmajesty7012]

in the first example you were hitting the pencil to the table, is that stimmitory behavior associated with people who do not have autism? What I'm asking is when does stimming become a behavior associated with autism and not just a behavior non autistic people do

[@Intothespectrumvideos]

+Nicole A That is a fantastic question! First, let me talk about what stimming is. Stimming or "stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms" is listed as one of the symptoms of autism by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. This is when there is a repetition of physical movements, movements with objects, or with sounds. This can include hand flapping, repeating noises or phrases, spinning wheels, hand biting, among others. Alternatively, tapping your pencil, twirling your hair, or tapping your foot can be stimming. So what is the difference? It is usually the quality of the stim (can be longer and more frequent) and the type of stim. There can be many different reasons why people stim... Some examples include: because it feels good, because their anxious, or that they are super excited. Let me know if this was helpful! Thank you again!

[@francisallotey7164]

how to redirect a kid on the spectrum who flaps strings of papers repeatedly . any idea how to redirect

[@salyshafik4115]

What shot I do with flapping hands when my daughter is excited or focusing when she is playing with a toy

[@wnighatabdullah6367]

Saly Shafik put her hands in the pocket as she can’t control this feeling and we need to show her appropriate way.

[@tomorsome_thing]

My son stomp his feet as he walks in circles, how can I make this to look like a proper behavior?

[@mattverydecetfull.inccorec715]

stop, mr poopy pants