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I am so glad that I have read this article. I have a 10 yr old daughter with autism and the last month she has been way out of control and very abusive. To the point she has fractured my jaw and cheek bone. I talked to her psychologist over and over and all they do is put her on new meds. I am done alot of research online and have tried many techniques to deal with this explosive behavior. As said in the article little things set her off. I have even had to put her in a treatment center. But now with this article and link to the book maybe I will have a new route with success. Thank you for posting this article it helped in more ways than you know.
Comment by Janine Kunze — November 18, 2009 @ 12:31 am
With my son when he starts blowing up I put my hand up like a stop gesture & I tell him that I cannot & will not talk to him until he calms down, I have him go to his room & he yells, throws things, etc, but it is in his room…. When he is done he will come out & we will sit down & talk about what made him mad, etc…. They have to have time to self sooth, they have to have time to think things through… If they are in a fit & you come back at them they are going to come at you even more, so that is why the councelors told me to send him to his room, let him think about it,& then approch the subject again… That way they are calmer, & you are calmer… It has work with my son for over 6 years now, when he gets this way & I send him to his room, when he comes out he will appologise for acting up & he will say he doesn’t know why he gets so mad… , but he knows that in his room is his safe place to act up, cry, scream, bounce etc…
Comment by Tina Barragan — November 18, 2009 @ 12:58 pm
Tina, We have these same issues with our 7-year-old son. When we send him to his room, he destroys the walls, leaving behind gaping holes. This is not acceptable and is punishable, but easier to deal with than the way he sometimes acts in public. There are often times that he wants something after hockey practice (candy, playing a game, etc.) and I have to say, “No, we talked about this before practice.” He argues and cries and screams and when I ask him to calm down, he just gets worse. Trying to remove him from the scene is also impossible. I have to leave the room without him. He will usually follow, but will bang on glass doors and walls on the way. He says terrible, hateful things to me in the car. Later when he has finally calmed down he will apologize and say that he loves me, but then I still have to follow up with the appropriate punishment, like taking his toys away for a day or two.
Comment by Kim — November 19, 2009 @ 11:45 am
My son is 15 yrs old. He’s having problems making friends in his new school. He’s been there for a year in half. How can I help him make friends. This is really upsetting him and he don’t understand why he can’t make friends. Can you help me?
Comment by karen — December 15, 2009 @ 1:13 pm