ARGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

[dustystar]

DS is driving me insane He has always been a bit aggressive and tends to hit out when agitated but at the moment he just never seems to stop bugging people by pushing, prodding, pinching, hitting kicking etc. We have done so much work with him in the last 3 years and in many ways he has improved dramatically but I just don't know how to get him to stop doing this. We (and school) have doen social stories and consequences and emotional litracy stuff with him; we also have tried various discipline strategies that have all been successful tosome degree. The trouble is that nothing seems to work longterm

Since 6.30 this morning he has been annoying his sister and since she has a feind here it is even worse than usual. He seems to be in his room on a timeout more than he is out of it today. I really have had enough today and feel like crying I know he is struggling at the moment and he is unhappy about this as he knows other children are different but I really dont know what else to do.

This is all getting on top of me at the moment so any advice on strategies to use with him to get him to stop this behaviour would be welcomed.

TIA

How did ds get on today?

My ds had an ok day at school but had a complete meltdown on the way to pick up dd because the cake he bought home for her had got squashed in his bag. i told him it didn't matter but it made no difference Cue screaming like a demon, plus kicking walls and cars (fortunately no people) and hitting himself in the face with his bag

Hiya Dusty

You know we ahve the violence as well- >- nto easy is it?

two ideas worth a look, and have both helped us:

www.bibic.org.uk- great for children like yours / ours, no Dx needed and they can help with funding if needed

salicylates- look them up, sometimes they can be the trigger in a diet rather than colourings etc.

HTH

Hiya peachy Your name gives me the willies

I saw you mention that on the food intolerance thread the other day. DS eats a lot of raisins so who knows.

I'll have to check bibic out too as things are all a bit much with him at the moment.

If you get a BIBIC assessment, do- they're very supportive and have family workers etc so you don't get just left out there, iyswim. A first enquiry gets you a free telephone assessment to see if they can help, that takes an hour or more and is really helpful in itself!

And if you do go, let me know- mum lives nearby so will pop over and visit if you want (bring DS1 over LOL)

That would be great peachy - I'll do that