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Sometimes when my daughter is playing, she will have a little routine/ritual. For example, she will have to go over and say something to my son, then go touch the garbage can, then turn on the lights and do this cycle a few times over. That's just one example. Is it helpful to get them out of doing rituals and redirect their attention or are you supposed to let them do it?
I would let them do it, it makes them feel safe and confident Over time you will learn how to get them to move to something else. Remember every child is different and will respond to different cues
So I'm not sure how to word this one but here goes nothing! I've approached multiple doctors for my 13 year old daughter who has asd and she says she hears voices that tell her to do bad things. I've had numerous doctors tell me this is normal for girls with asd, has anyone else experienced this???
Someone already suggested signing. Sometimes when my son gets overwhelmed and frustrated, we will do some simple signing and he seems to respond to it a little better. His frustrations usually come… read more
Thanks so much. We will try that because so far we haven't had much luck.
My 4 year old son is nonverbal, diagnosed with level 2 autism. I've just started an attempt at potty training, but with not much success. He will sit on the potty but very briefly. He shows no sign that he has to "go" and is not bothered at all by a full diaper. I've tried setting a timer, offering rewards and set up a little potty area with books but I'm not having much luck. Any tips or support would be so appreciated!
I hope you do ok.
My 22 year old non verbal autistic son struggles to go to sleep every night even though he takes medication, him not sleeping stresses me out because he needs sleep, and I also have to tap his chest every night because he can’t sleep by himself and he always needs someone with him, I am with him all night and I can’t get sleep myself until he can get his sleep, I hope I can find a solution to this problem please give suggestions, Thank you!
Medication used for sleep are clonidine, trazodone, mertazapine, low doses of seroquel. All have to be checked with other meds kid/young adult on and check with other health conditions. I listed… read more
My son is getting ABA therapy services from Autism Learning Partners. He exhibits fixations and occasionally tantrums. They have a BIP in place for tantrums but no BIP in place for fixations. Currently they are letting fixations to escalate to tantrums and using the BIP for tantrums. Can someone help answer this how it works for your kid? This is from Autism Learning Partners, Downey branch.
Thank you so much for your reply. In my son's case the fixations are resulting in lot of distress if not catered to. When you tell your kid "first do this then fixation thingy" it works. But for my… read more
This is the solution that has worked for my child. He is 10 years old. This has worked for him for about 3 years. Prior to that, he had other medications but they did not work or had side effects… read more
My daughter has always hit her head with both hands in every sinario (even when she first wakes up) but recently it's been getting very hard and I just don't know what to do about it, it's so hard to try distract her and try to find any triggers is seeming to be impossible, any advise would be greatly appreciated, especially since the woman who normally works with my child is off on holiday 😬
If redirecting her doesn’t work & if there is no other physical pain she is experiencing than I would seriously consider seeing a doctor who can get her a special helmet to protect her from self… read more
Hi! Iam from Croatia. Sorry on my bwd English. Can you help me. O have san 6yold in spektar of autism. Problem with speach. Can you help me with any products or terapy.. here in Croatia we dont have to much choise. Tnx a lot
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Good Evening Everyone. So My son has a bonding thing when sleeping. He can not sleep alone. He is now 13 years old & STILL refuses to sleep alone. Before I would lay with him until he dozed off then go to my bed when he's asleep. As he is getting older I would then sit on the edge of the bed until he goes to sleep. Today as I type this I wanted to try a different method now that he is officially a teenager. I am sitting on a chair outside his room until he dozes off but he is tossing & turning &… read more
My little, 6, still sleeps with me. I tried getting him into his own bed but he loves routine. We play soothing music, I have lavender pillow spray, and when we lay down he likes to watch me play… read more