SummaryHigh‐rate stereotyped behaviour is typically displayed by children who present with some form of sensory or intellectual handicap. This paper reviews the available knowledge on the treatment of the disorder and suggests specific intervention guidelines.Many children display repetitive motor behaviours as a normal aspect of development. These behaviours are usually transitory and do not become a prominent part of the child's presentation. The early stereotyped behaviours of infancy appear to become less a part of the child's behavioural repertoire as the child increasingly attends more to external stimuli in the environment and less to internal stimuli. For some children, however, stereotyped behaviours can increase with age and become both extremely resistant to treatment and, in some cases, self‐injurious (Rojahn 19
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