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Practical guidance and updates from our clinical team for families navigating ABA therapy.
Elopement, sometimes described as wandering, bolting, or leaving a designated safe area without permission or appropriate supervision, represents an important safety concern for some families of children with autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions.
One of the situations that worries families the most is when a child tries to run away, leave an area, move away from an adult, or exit a place without permission. This can happen at home, at school, in a therapy center, in a store, at a park, in a parking lot, or during a community activity.
In ABA, an important idea is that support should teach rather than replace the child’s effort. The goal is not to leave the child alone with a difficult task, but to provide the right amount of help and gradually reduce it when the child is ready.
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