Ming from Agents of Speech explains how to manage stimming in autistic children by teaching them when it's appropriate to stim and offering replacement activities like fidget toys, drawing, or music. The video includes a checklist of recommended tools available at agentspeech.com.
I have heard of autistic people who hold off their sensory needs until they get home and then they can help themselves out. With that said, hopefully you understand what to do. Just if I have to conclude in two sentences, it would be number one, try to teach them why they shouldn't be stimming in inappropriate times. Let them identify when it's inappropriate, when it's appropriate, and then give them the chance to do it if the environment allows them to. Number two is to give them a replacement. And that might be any form like drawing, dancing, singing, music, that kind of stuff. Or like using fidget tools, fidget toys, stress balls and so on. Okay, so that's all for this video. And if you haven't, you could go to agentSpeech.com checklist to grab a checklist of all the tools and toys, all the resources that we recommend parents to have at home when you're starting therapy.
