How do you cope with your child’s constant vocal stims?

[fallensnowman]

Dd 9 self regulates by screaming at the top of her voice, sometimes it’s short bursts like a seagull sound but it’s so incredibly loud it hurts all our ears, other times during melt down it will be a more constant scream like someone blowing a whistle at a volume you couldn’t imagine.
Goodness knows what the neighbours think.
I have 2 other children who cry when she screams as it hurts their ears and it’s so frequent.
The short screams are every 5-10 minutes and the big meltdown screams are several times every day.

I also have sensory processing issues and the noise is just driving me crazy.
I am so miserable and it’s relentless, It gives me headaches every single day and I am finding it intolerable, our ears actually hurt and my watch keeps warning me of the high decibels.
I don’t know to live with it.

I’ve read about identifying triggers but she is triggered by everything, she gets overwhelmed getting dressed so I have to help her, she gets overwhelmed eating dinner so I have to feed her, she gets overwhelmed if she is asked to do anything such as put her rubbish in the bin all these will cause meltdown. She can’t put her pyjamas on without getting overwhelmed and screaming, she can’t cope if she’s not first to get in the car, she’ll scream if she’s excited, scream if she’s angry, scream if she’s concentrating or just scream because she wants to scream.

Have you tried noise cancelling headphones/earphones?

Has DD had a sensory OT assessment?

And a home OT assessment? This can look at sound proofing if necessary.

What support is DD receiving? If she is having meltdowns several times every day, she needs more support. How is school?

Have you tried PDA strategies?