My son's behaviour

Hi, I'm a single mum and have a son with Autism. But I'm having a lot of problems with his behavior. He's 8 and goes to a special school and behaves when he's there but in the house he doesn't listen to me, he runs from room to room and screams when he doesn't want to do what I tell him. When he gets angry he throws whatever he has in his hand on the floor, a few days ago he threw his laptop and broke it!! Another thing he does is roll on the floor, I'm not sure why he does that but when I tell him to stop he doesn't listen(it gets embarrassing). Recently he's started to chew on the leaves of my mum's plants as well, he breaks them off and also pulls up my mum's plants. He normally needs to wear glasses but he doesn't wear them either, only puts them on for 1 min then pulls them off again and throws them away. I'm getting very tired of his behavior but don't know what to do. I've not been able to get any respite as I've been told he needs to be 12 before we can apply!! I'm sorry to ramble on like this. But can anyone give me any ideas on calming him down or to make him listen. Thanks.

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  • Former Member
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    I really liked outraged's last couple of contributions. His militant tendency approach can sometimes hide the fact that he really gets what is going on and knows what might work.

    can i ask if you, Charu, have tried a local parent support group? I suspect that being able to share your problems with others in the same boat might help.

    have you also looked into the courses that are available for parents of autistic children? I've seen these mentioned on a couple of recent threads and they sound like a good thing.

    otherwise, i would support outraged's suggestions of avoiding escalating things and staying unreasonably calm, reasonable and consistent.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    I really liked outraged's last couple of contributions. His militant tendency approach can sometimes hide the fact that he really gets what is going on and knows what might work.

    can i ask if you, Charu, have tried a local parent support group? I suspect that being able to share your problems with others in the same boat might help.

    have you also looked into the courses that are available for parents of autistic children? I've seen these mentioned on a couple of recent threads and they sound like a good thing.

    otherwise, i would support outraged's suggestions of avoiding escalating things and staying unreasonably calm, reasonable and consistent.

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