|
i need advice about discipling my 3 1/2 y/o son. i don't know what is behavior due to his austism, and what is typical three y/o behavior. we use time out, but at times that is as stressfull as the behaviors. ↓
|
|
| Name: hertak | Date: Jul 26th, 2007 12:34 AM |
| Hello, I have a son with Autism and I would like it if thre is anybody who can share some info as to how I can dicipline my child with autism. ↑ |
| Name: irish Amy | Date: Aug 1st, 2007 1:02 AM |
| it can be so hard to know what to do right? we were told that we have to ALWAYS think of the autism first. telling us that and having to try and always stay calm can be downright impossible, but we are learning, never say no and just leave it at that always give them something else to do. eg. no smacking, hands down or no screaming, ssh quiet. a good one for us is ''no, thats not nice'' if he smacks or pushes, that seems to be working as Callum my 4 year old will now stop and repeat it. ↑ |
| Name: jojojohnson | Date: Aug 4th, 2007 4:30 AM |
| for a long time, i did not know how to dicipline my autistic child. then one day my sister in law ( who is a nurse) said to me " treat him like you treat your other kids" and when i started doing that, started to treat him as a "normal" child,,, things got so much better for us.... sometimes we give in, and hold back because of their disability. but we have to treat them like regular children, if we want them to behave like "regular children" ↑ |
| Name: kairos_mom | Date: Sep 3rd, 2007 2:10 AM |
| Hi, my son has PDD-NOS. He is just over 4 and we struggled in the discipline department as well! There are a few tactics that we learned in some classes, but they do take a lot of patience to master. I dont know if this will apply to your child as everyone's autism affects them differently. This tactic is most affective if your little guy is obbsessed with an object. Ours was obbsessed with trains for a long time. He always had one in his hand which made this easy but the idea is to put the toy in time out rather than the child. (this can also be done with a laminated picture of a very desired item that the child wears as a tag or attached to a necklace) First you must give a clear short instruction and give time for your child to proccess it, remember that many autistic children struggle with language comprehension so give him/her at least a full minute to comprehend what you are saying. If they do not follow the instruction then take away the toy or laminated picture for 2 minutes than give it back and give the instruction again. Another thing you can do is instead of using a corner, put your child in a quiet room without bright lighting, the lack of stimulation helps them to calm down. We would do this with our son when he got really worked up about something and he would always come out smiling and happy. Consistency is very important as well. Good luck with everything! 3-4 seemed to be especially difficult for us, probably a mix between 3yr old behavior and autism. Things have improved the last few months, Finally! So there is hope. ↑ |
| Name: jennmom1 | Date: Sep 11th, 2007 1:02 AM |
Every child is different. However, my son with autism is almost 5 yrs old. He was diagnosed at 15mo. old. We worked with him and tolerated nothing less than appropriate behaivor, lots of therapy, diet change, bio-treatment. Now my son is in a normal kindergarten class without an aid or any help at all and doing fantastic! Hang in there...hard work now will pay off later.
Take Care,
Jenn' ↑ |
| Name: md3boys | Date: Sep 16th, 2007 2:05 PM |
I always found with tantrums having a "quiet or safe" place they choose is great. he liked the closet or a box worked with his favorite blanket. If he was having tantrums I would ask if he needed his safe place and he would go there until he was calm and ready to cooperate.
We also learned that we have to have a set of family rules and expectations for respect and responsibilities we all share and help each other to follow and the autistic child must be expected to follow these rules and be "helped" to do that. ↑ |
|
|
