Not Sure what is going on. As I have posted before my son has beed diagnosed with PPD-NOS.I am getting concerned with how violent and disruptive he is becoming. When he is angry he will throw toys at someone and he has started hitting and thinking it is funny. I will be calling the local Behavioral Center tomarrow to see if i can get him in with a developmental pediatrican to get a better dianosis. I am aware at this age it is hard for them to properly dianose a small child. But somthing needs done I am afraid of him seriously hurting somone. It is sad for me to say about my own son but I dunno what to do. He has already seen a psycologist and that is when he was diagnosed but I feel there is somthing else going on.
sounds like you need pressure therapy and sensory therapy, which you can do at home. Pressure therapy is very easy, you can wrap your body around his and just squeeze or you can use a bean bag chair, or a weighted blanket or vest. It redirects the brain after several mins and really helps. The other thing that might help is the sensory therapy and that's where you get a brush and stroke it down their arm over and over or you get them play with a stiff textured curtain with their fingers. Things like these really help. :)
Quoting shell3m:sounds like you need pressure therapy and sensory therapy, which you can do at home. Pressure therapy is very easy, you can wrap your body around his and just squeeze or you can use a bean bag chair, or a weighted blanket or vest. It redirects the brain after several mins and really helps. The other thing that might help is the sensory therapy and that's where you get a brush and stroke it down their arm over and over or you get them play with a stiff textured curtain with their fingers. Things like these really help. :)
Good luck hun! :) Dean does best with the bean bags and my body for pressure therapy. He CAN NOT stand the vests or blankets so I'm kind of limited to what I can use but body pressure therapy does best for him. I just have to squeeze him for 10 min and he relaxes real good. OH! and also the curtain thing he loves. When he's stressed he likes being alone to run the curtain through his hands and fingers. the curtain looks sort of see-through with a stiff/rough (sort of) texture to it. i have no idea why but this is very soothing for Dean. :)
Quoting Jenn8604:
thanks. i was going to ask about this cuz haydens started to be a butt and throw things and hit people. i may look into a weighted vest or like someone else said a swimshirt two sizes too small.
Quoting shell3m:sounds like you need pressure therapy and sensory therapy, which you can do at home. Pressure therapy is very easy, you can wrap your body around his and just squeeze or you can use a bean bag chair, or a weighted blanket or vest. It redirects the brain after several mins and really helps. The other thing that might help is the sensory therapy and that's where you get a brush and stroke it down their arm over and over or you get them play with a stiff textured curtain with their fingers. Things like these really help. :)
all good advice above. kids all respond differently to therapy i know in our case my daughter does better when she is able to control the sensory or pressure therapy like with a stress ball or even just throwing/hitting a pillow or the couch. good luck to you! i hope you find what works best for him!
My Neice was having similar issues at age 3. We were expecting that she had some anger issues, after several sessions with a pediatric psychologist, she was diagnosed as being Bi-Polar. Something I didn't know before that (almost 4 years ago) was that the "depressive" episodes of bi-polar will manifest as violence and anger in a lot of pre-pubesant children. She has been on a mood stablizer (don't recall which one) and has been doing at minimum of weekly sessions of play therapy with a specialist. We have seen amazing results in her. She still has her moments as all kids do, but she is no where near as bad as she was then.
If disorders such as Bi-polar run in your family it might be something to have looked into. My father (her grandfather) is and so is her father. We wonder about my sister sometimes. Just a thought of something else to check out.
Thanks for the replies I am waiting to hear back from the developmental pediatrician. I know about the wieghted vests but was not sure what the were for. I dunno if he would leave that on. I will try some of these to see if that helps. Yes there is a family history of bi-polar disordr so that is also a possiblity. Ty all
I agree w/you,Is he vocal??how old is he??Could alot of it be from not being able to talk to you??just wondering
When my son was younger (between the ages of 3 and 4), he would become violent when frustrated. He would hit, bite, throw, and break everything in sight. He still has moments when he has these behaviors but he is not overly violent. Sensory therapy may help.
How old is he? Is he in early intervention or school receiving therapies? I hope that you are able to get in touch with the doctor to further evaluate the situation ((hugs))
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Has your ASD child had swimming lessons?
- sg_lizard
on Jul. 15, 2012 at 2:49 PM