Sasha from theautismhelper.com demonstrates a 3-strike-to-time-out visual for managing attention-seeking behavior in autistic students. The two-sided Velcro card removes one strike each time the behavior occurs, with a timeout cue growing on the front until the third strike triggers a red timeout signal. Use only when the behavior is maintained by attention, not escape.
Hi, this is Sasha from theautismhelper.com. I want to give you a quick little tutorial of my 3-strike-to-time-out visual that we use in our class. It's really important to only use this type of behavior management system for a behavior that is resulting in attention. If you're using this for a behavior that the child is using to get out of a task, like if a child is behaving inappropriately or having some types of bad behaviors so they can get out of a task, this is not going to work. A timeout is going to be the absolute wrong thing for that because you're going to actually end up giving the child what they want. But for a child whose behavior is resulting in attention, whether from the teacher, from peers, this is perfect because it's going to result in a removal of attention. So this visual is great for kids with autism. On the front, it's a two-sided thing, and there is hard Velcro on the back, which I'll show you in a minute what that's for. So once a child has one bad response, you take off this strike and you can put it on right on the back so you don't lose them. That's like, I'm always worried about that in my classroom. So one strike, once they have another bad behavior, another strike on the back, and you can see the timeout picture is starting to show. And then once the third strike is out, you put all three strikes on the back to store, and then the child sees it's the timeout picture. And I think the red visual kind of adds that extra cue. and then the child can take this with them to timeout. We use this all the time in my classroom for students who timeout is a good punisher for them and does affect their behavior. So we, I think this is a clear way to kind of not result in the timeout right away, but to give 3 little cues on kind of showing that it's coming. And yeah, that's it. If you have any other questions, come to theautismhelper.com for more tips, resources, and materials to help you help kids with autism.
