aggresion and autisum

[Phoenix4725]

Wonder if anyonecan help with some advice , my b/f has a 8 year old daughter who is Austic has problems with speech ,ocd issues which she has medication for .But the biggest concern is her aggresion often pysically assulting him or her aid in school this is occuring daily , does not take much for her to meltdown and his worry now shes bigger shes really going hurt someone she often brusies him now,plus once sherages you caan not divet till shesworn self out

So fter ideas for ways of dealing stragies also has anyone tried medication that helps with the aggresion

[monstermansmum]

Have you tried going on a Team Teach course? It wont change her behaviour but it may help you do deal with it in a calm safe way which in turn may help her in the long run?

[Phoenix4725]

yeah we have all done it or something simlar its just he worries how to cope when shes older nd w stronger paticulry as theres 2 younger siblings and thingss go to plan theres will be 2 more as were hoping to join them all together .

[Clarissimo]

Hi

I have a 9 year ld with ASD and can understand your worries as he is extremely aggressive: this year he has become strong wnough to go to attacking Dh as well so we can see it starting to happen iykwim.

I can't offer any solutions, but maybe a few ideas- the only thing that helps Sam is a gluten free diet (and maybe casein free) if you have come across that? Search on here fr GF / CF and ASd, also the sunderland test. That makes quite a dfference- makes him live withable.

Look at creatinga safe space as well, somewhere for her to totally chill; we have done that with his room and school provide one also which is good if we get in early enough for it to work.

have a look at some anger books for kids- search anger and autism on ebay and amazon and you'll get lots of optins, just view what appeals to you (I'm going to look at yoga and meditation with Sam)

[Phoenix4725]

yeah hve tried the diet but it mde her very miserable as shes very restricted wht she will eat already.

Yeah her room is her safe place nd she will take hersef to it if it gets to noisy to many people.

clarissomo

like you she attacks her dad and he takes it knowing that better she rages at him than the others.but shes hurting himnow and hesa big bloke but so gentle and patieant with her and with my children including my son with special needs,i justwant to support him like he does me

[Clarissimo]

it is hard (we have another child with sn, also asd but passive, and he has been injured in the past sadly)

Its hard to know what to do; has she got sensory issues as they can exaccerbate them problems/

DS1 hates the diet too but after a Christmas where we were ready for boarding we brought it in again as an absolute

[GruffaloSoldier]

I have worked with children with autism for 6 years. Have they documented any causes of these aggressive events?

If not, the best thing to start with is to formally document every aggressive behaviour that occurs, along with what happens immediately before the behaviour and imediately after the behaviour in terms of what consequence the behaviour has. It is only then you can begin to understand what the function of the behviour is. It is called a 'functional analysis'. You can do it in the form of a table as it is easier to analyse afterwards. Sorry if you know this already but this is what we would do in schools for children with autism I have worked in. HTH

[streakybacon]

The NAS do an excellent Anger Management seminar as part of their Help 2 programme. Lots of useful angles there to help teach the child how to work on their anger issues. I have some notes if you'd like them. Email me [email protected]

x

[foxytocin]

GruffaloSoldier: Love your name. I'm a big BM fan and my dd loves the Gruffalo.

I just looked on your profile because I liked your name and noticed that your full name (among other things) is clearly visible on your baby's scan. For privacy issues you may want to crop the photo to remove those details.

hth.

[GruffaloSoldier]

Thanks foxy - have sorted it out now. I had noticed before and meant to sort it but completely forgot!