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Avoidant/resistant behaviour, does it suggest an ASD?

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dufus · 05/07/2007 09:01

ds is 5. We have suspected for a while that there might be a mild ASD but not pursued this with his school or really thought about trying to get a dx. At the moment we are having terrible trouble trying to get him ready for school in the mornings. He will put his top on back to front on purpose and then pretend he doesn't know how to put it on the right way. Eventually he will take it off and put it on the right way round but inside out, and then say he doesn't know what's wrong with it. At school he will put his bookbag into the wrong box on purpose and then giggle, sit on his name tag and say he doesn't know where it is, then hang his coat up upseide down.

It is wearing me down? Parents of children with ASD, do you encounter this sort of behaviour? How do you manage it? TIA

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magso · 05/07/2007 10:13

Hi dufus, I dont know if it is a sign of asd, but it drives you crazy doesnt it! My son (now 7) does this every day!
I have several stratagies and change as they loose their effectiveness! First of all I try to stay calm and neutral and ignore unwanted behaviour (oh I hate it when people say that!! its so hard when time is limited!)I lay his clothes out and set the alarm to 5 minutes to beat ( in the early days it was one task not complete dressing) or we have a race if I need to dress! ( He responds to playful challenges, I let him win if he tries!) Another that works is a small prize if he quietly does it all himself (I have a small stock of old advent calendars to open one day at a time as Ds likes supprizes! I have used reward stickers in the past and tried incentive schemes to win tv watching/ conker collecting trips etc after school.
Haven't explained well!
I still need to manage DS morning behaviour - he gets up at dawn but hates to be rushed! HTH

gess · 05/07/2007 11:35

erm it doesn't sound like ASD to me tbh. Kind of wish it did!

Just sounds like he's having a laugh. Leave the bookbag? (or put it inyourself until he loses interest). Leave the coat upside down. He's stop if he doesn;t get a reaction.

As for getting dressed Just say 'when you've finished getting dressed we can do....' .

FioFio · 05/07/2007 12:02

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