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What Is the Purpose of a Boundary Setting?

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  • To provide a safe environment
  • To create structure
  • To provide clear, concise, and consistent guidelines for behavior
  • To teach children how to set their own boundaries in different settings

Example: Sam

Sam is a five-year-old boy with autism who attends a special education classroom. Sam frequently leaves an area without permission or supervision. One day when recess was ending, Sam did not line up with the other children and ran away from the playground. When the staff tried to redirect Sam to line up, he ignored them and locked himself in a car in a nearby parking lot.

To help avoid such behavior in the future, the staff decided that Sam needed some visual boundaries on the playground. There were already railroad ties around all the playground equipment, forming a natural boundary. Sam was taught that once he was inside the railroad ties, he had to remain there until the bell rang. He was also instructed to wait for a staff member or a classmate to walk with him to the door of the building–never to take off on his own.

 

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