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NetWellness: Help for child's autism behavior 		   
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Q: I have a 6th grade student with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). He has become increasingly prompt dependent. For example, if you tell him to go wash his hands because they are dirty, he will walk out of the room and stand in front of the sink with his hands under the running water and wait for you to come out and tell him to dry his hands. There is a task analysis chart in front of the sink, but he doesn't respond to this now. Do you have any suggestions? This problem is affecting almost all areas and he can no longer answer simple questions or make choices.

A: Prompt dependency is a difficult problem to solve, but one that can be solved in most instances. Here are some ideas:

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Today's answer is from Dr. Eric Butter, assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University College of Medicine. NetWellness, a collaboration of the University of Cincinnati, Ohio State University and Case Western Reserve University, is a consumer health information Web site. Submit questions through the site, www.netwellness.org.
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12/19/2007by: shannonj
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