With respect to the topic addressed by the essential question I developed last week, what are the foundation questions I need to answer to help me answer my essential question? If I need more than 6-8 foundation questions to answer my essential question, how can I narrow my essential question?

My newly refined essential question is: "How can we as SLP's manage the aggressive behaviors of our autistic clients?"

Some foundation questions are:

1. What is behavior management?

2. What are the aggressive behaviors that are most common in autistic individuals?

3. Why is it necessary to manage the aggressive behaviors displayed by an autistic individual?

4. What are SLP's and other professionals allowed to do in regards to managing the aggressive behaviors of autistic individuals (what is considered to be appropriate)?

5. Why do SLP's often work with autistic individuals?

6. What are some aggressive behavior management techniques and programs being used by the parents of autistic individuals, therapists (including SLP's), and other professionals (such as teachers)?

7. What are ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) and Discrete Trial Training and are they used only on autistic children who display aggressive behaviors, or can they be used for older autistic individuals as well?

Heather