Autistic Parenting Lifelines: Giving Decisions
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In this episode we discuss how to give little kids as many decisions as possible during the day to improve their compliance when you make an executive decision. This technique comes from the book "How to Talk so Little Kids will Listen". When giving decisions only offer two options, both of which are alright with you. For example- you could allow your pre-schooler to choose which shoes they want to wear between two pairs.
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