Autism and Parenting

Shaping Behavior

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Shaping a child’s behavior involves three steps: tell, show, do.

  • Tell: Give an instruction to the child such as “ put your toys back” , wait for few seconds for the child to comply, if the child complies at that point provide a huge reinforcement (verbal praise, clap, favorite food), if not then move to the next step
    - ‘Show’.
  • Show: Repeat the instruction by modeling or gesturing what you want the child to do. E.g., repeat the instruction “put your toys back like this” and simultaneously pick up a few toys and put them away, again wait for a few seconds for the child to comply, if the child complies at this point provide reinforcement but to a lesser degree, if they don’t then move to ‘Do’.
  • Do: Physically prompt the child to complete the behavior of putting the toys back. Provide very neutral praise afterwards such as “Okay that’s done”
    Shaping a behavior also involves prompting - Prompts are instructions, gestures, demonstrations, physical help provided in order to teach or increase the likelihood of correct responses from the child.



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    Autism and ParentingBy Sandeep Verma