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Challenging behaviour

I work with a lady with autism an learning difficulties she shows challenging behaviour but shows a good understanding of her behaviour, she like to be the center of attention an if she doesn’t get her way she threatens to hit others an then follows though with her threat . Should there be conceqences for this behaviour?
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I've moved this post into our Ask an ASD advisor category to see if Violet can offer any input here!
This is the information we have on our challenging behaviour pages.
- Ensuring that all involved with an individual provide a consistent approach.
There are few golden rules in supporting people who display challenging behaviour.One is that happy people tend not to challenge. Find out what makes the person happy and make it happen more in their life, then you may find that the behaviour starts to disappear.
Challenging behaviour is often seen in people with learning disability and other types of impairment. This behaviour represents a challenge to us to address something that is not working in that person's life.
It's reasonable to expect that with comprehensive assessment, appropriate levels of stimulation, communication techniques, carer support and consistency, encouragement and teaching of new coping skills, behaviour can be managed effectively.
It's important to set realistic goals for the individual and aim to increase the person’s quality of life and minimise the impact of the behaviours displayed.
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