Week 8 Discussion: Stereotypical Behaviors

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For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the reasons why children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder engage in stereotyped and repetitive behaviors. Assignment: an explanation of two potential reasons that children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder engage in stereotyped and repetitive behaviors. Be specific and provide supporting evidence from at least two peer-reviewed journal article. Support your Discussion with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references. Readings Autism Society. (n.d.). Retrieved March 6, 2014, from http://www.autism-society.org Mash, E. J., & Wolfe, D. A. (2019). Abnormal child psychology (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. Chapter 6, “Autism Spectrum Disorders and Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia” (pp. 156-185) National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. (2009). Autism fact sheet (NIH Publication No. 09-1877). Retrieved from http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/autism/detail_autism.htm