Students diagnosed with ASD have greater or lesser difficulties in emotional and social competencies, communication, and cognitive-behavioral functioning. Therefore, in many cases, these prove to be the most urgent areas of therapeutic work with an autistic child.
Anger Control Training (ACT) teaches participants to recognize bodily signals of anger, release it in a socially acceptable way through reducers, and express this emotion with respect for themselves and others. Many children on the autism spectrum have interoception disorders and may not register early signs of increasing emotional tension. The step-by-step methods of ACT seem almost tailor-made to help an autistic child reach their goals while providing a sense of safety and predictability.