How to Teach Children to Wait and Accept No

Dr. Mary Barbera discusses how to teach children with autism to wait and accept no. These same strategies can be used for typically developing children too!
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Does your client or child have a difficult time accepting no and waiting? We’re getting a lot of questions regarding these two issues. So today I have answered a question from our online community about how to teach a child to accept no when they can’t have something and to wait for something when they can have it.

So, say your child loves balloons. You go somewhere where there are balloons, but the child isn’t allowed to have them because the balloons are somebody else’s. Your child then is freaking out because he wanted the balloons and was told no. That’s one example of a point where a child needs to accept being told no.

He also could want too much of an item like chocolate or bread, or perhaps he’s allergic to something. He may want your phone, but you don’t want to hand them your thousand dollar phone because you’re afraid that they’re going to break it.

Another related issue is waiting. Maybe they can have your phone, but they have to wait or maybe they can eat the pizza, but you have to cook it first or make it first. And so there’s this waiting for things you want, or accepting no flexibly and not crying and screaming and flopping on the ground. These are all related issues to today's video blog which I'll be diving into!

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🧩 About Mary Barbera 👩‍⚕️

I'm Dr. Mary Barbera and I have been helping parents and professionals for more than two decades ago when my first-born son, Lucas, was diagnosed with a speech delay at 2 and then with autism at age 3. Since then, I became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Host of the Turn Autism Around podcast (with more than 1.7 million downloads), and best-selling author of two books (including my newest book Turn Autism Around: An Action Guide for Parents of Young Children with Early Signs of Autism).

In addition to free content, I post daily across YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. I also offer online courses for parents and professionals. Behavior Analyst BACB CEUs and Early Intervention contact hours are also included for professionals.

Whether you have a toddler with speech delays and/or excessive tantrums or you're a parent or professional helping early intervention clients, I encourage you to subscribe to my YouTube channel and join me for videos almost every day that will help you increase talking, decrease tantrums, and improve eating, sleeping, and potty training!