Why doesn the Miller Method use “time out” to control childrens disordered behavior?
We view “time out” as punishment for a child’s unacceptable behavior as both inappropriate and ineffective with children on the autism spectrum. First, there is no certainty that the child associates the time out with his or her previous unacceptable behavior. Second, given the fact that a major aspect of autism is the child’s difficulty making human contact, it is difficult to see how placing a child in a time out room does anything but support the child’s disposition toward autistic withdrawl.
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