{"id":286,"date":"2026-04-17T14:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metodovicon.articagency.net\/blog\/conducta-en-el-autismo\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:00:03","slug":"behavior-in-autism-its-a-message-and-we-almost-always-read-it-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metodovicon.articagency.net\/en\/blog\/behavior-in-autism-its-a-message-and-we-almost-always-read-it-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"Behavior in autism: it's a message\u2026 and we almost always read it too late"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>What we call \u201cbehavior\u201d is usually the last layer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">When a child with autism pushes, shouts, throws things, or leaves, there has often been a previous pattern:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">discomfort<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">confusion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">overload<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">demand too high<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">lack of resources to ask for help<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">If we only intervene at the end, we're too late.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>5 early signs to read before climbing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Change your breathing or body tone<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">It accelerates or it \"shuts down\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Avoids eye contact, isolates herself, leaves<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Repeat an action (rocking, hands, objects)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Irritability increases at the slightest provocation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>What to do when you see the sign (without punishing)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Low demand<\/strong> for a moment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><strong>It offers a concrete alternative<\/strong> : \u201cpause\u201d, \u201chelp\u201d, \u201cwater\u201d, \u201cexit\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Anticipate the next step<\/strong> : \u201cfirst this, then that\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Reduce stimuli<\/strong> if you can<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Teaching an alternative behavior (that which actually works)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">It's not enough to say \"no\". We have to teach <strong>what is acceptable<\/strong> :<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">request a pause<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">ask for help<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">choose between two options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">point\/show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">use a keyword or gesture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"translation-block\">Download the VICON Method App and try it for 7 days free with therapeutic support.<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent\">Android:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.metodovicon.app\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: transparent\">https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.metodovicon.app<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"translation-block\">iOS: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/es\/app\/mtodo-vicon\/id6479298778\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/es\/app\/mtodo-vicon\/id6479298778<\/a><\/h4>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lo que llamamos \u201cconducta\u201d suele ser la \u00faltima capa Cuando un ni\u00f1o con autismo empuja, grita, tira cosas o se va, muchas veces ya hubo un camino previo: incomodidad confusi\u00f3n sobrecarga demanda demasiado alta falta de\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,62,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aprender-desde-casa","category-autismo-y-comunicacion","category-desarrollo-infantil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metodovicon.articagency.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metodovicon.articagency.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metodovicon.articagency.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metodovicon.articagency.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metodovicon.articagency.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metodovicon.articagency.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metodovicon.articagency.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metodovicon.articagency.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metodovicon.articagency.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metodovicon.articagency.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}