How to stop a child with ASD biting.

[mummy2aaron]

Is it possible at all he bites other children.

You don't say how old he/she is?

Nursery age, SN or NT, they all have this potential.

Older? Are they verbal? Is it from frustration, anger, comfort or other?

Oh this is so upsetting you have my sympathy! Is there something he really doesnt like - like being separated and ignored or a smell he hates? Can you work out why he is biting? ie when he is frightened,angry or because he likes the sensation.

Could the biting be linked to his teeth? My ds had a stage of shredding his clothes and I still have bite marks all down my coffee table due to his teeth hurting. We were fortunate he didn't bite anyone just things.

We got ds chewing beads and this seemed to give him relief. It was a short lived stage with him.

Social stories can help depending on the child.

Hope this helps

sorry i didn;t reply last night i posted for a friend as she isnt a member. I will show her your replys and post again. many thanks.

when dd1 was going through a biting phase, we tried replacing whatever she was biting (sometimes people, but not always) with a cloth she could chew on.

Gently, and quietly, with no reaction other than "here's your cloth" or similar (we used coloured flannels - they were different from everyhting else colour wise, and gave a good chew due to texture).

It was hard, especially when she was biting a person, but she did get the idea (although we weren't able to completely relax and were always waiting for the next bite...)

I agree that the hardest part will be trying to get the other children to give no reaction

Iam a new member and a friend of busybeingmum it's mine child that is doing all the biting he is 4 yrs old and started school and I think it's because of the change in his ruteen,one of my other friends has fallen out with me over it,even though their child has the same problem.
I keep telling him it's wrong,he says he is sorry but he doesn't seem to know why he is doing it, Iam at the end of my teather,the parents at school say they understand but they don't really ,I just don't know were I went wrong,and I need to make it better.

i think the coloured flannels are a very good idea cb13 i think that's worth a try. busybeingmum cb13's son has only recently been diagnosed so i think they are still finding their feet at school etc.

my DS gets extra help at school ,he is very lucky,a friend of mine who looked after him at playgroup gave up her full time work just to work with my DS.
as for the bitting we are now trying with treats he will get a treat at the end of the week if he doesn't bite anyone,(all week)
so far so good!!!