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Dear madamI work in Moscow as private tutor to a Russian family. English is their second language but the children all go to an English-speaking school and are reasonably fluent.There is an 11-year-old in the family who was diagnosed at 4 years old as being on the autistic spectrum. Recently he has also been diagnosed in the UK as ASD/Aspergers (high function). I have no particular training in special needs although I have many years experience as a teacher and also have experience of Asperger's in my immediate family (father, brother and nephew). I know from this experience that the yougster I teach is not at the very high functioning end of the spectrum, as he displays some of the more 'classic' syptoms of autism and presents quite challenging behaviour. In this country there is little or no support, so the family, although having done an amazing job, have managed without behaviour management support and thus, basically, he is used to having his own way. Therfore, I am struggling with lessons, and would like to try some behaviour reward and modification methods.I was wondering if you could provide any help with ideas, resources, or tried-and tested methods to try to begin reforming his difficult and repetitive behaviour.Your hopefullyHazel