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Behaviour advice

L56

Hi

My 7 year old is currently being assessed for aspergers syndrome and I wanted to see if anyone could offer me any advice on an issue the teacher brought up during parents evening? She said that my son constantly has his hands down his pants playing with himself in school. Actually, he does this alot especially when he is stressed and i believe he does it for comfort (stimming??). He does it alot outside of school too and he will stop if we remind him, but at school i'm concious that I don't want the teacher to draw attention to it infront of the other kids although i understand it is unacceptable at school. Have you got any advice on what we could do for him?

Also the teacher mentioned that he will not stop talking (about minecraft). During carpet time and assemblies and when he should be working. I know that this is common but i'm really not sure what to suggest.

Any advice would be great xx

  • Is the issue here that he talks when he should be working? I bet the NT children do also. Or is the issue that he talks almost exclusively about minecraft and it annoys the teacher?

  • Its great that your son has something he enjoys and is enthusiastic about. Instead of trying to shut him up could the teacher give him some classtime to tell the rest of the children about Minecraft? He might then talk about it less at times when its frowned upon.

  • Hi - he may not appreciate that having his hands down his pants is not the done thing in public.  I explained what was "private" to my son + he cd do private things in his bedroom + bathroom when he was by himself.  He took that on board.  We also gave examples of what were not private places eg: places with other people there.  There's also the point about talking "pants", which explains that others shdn't touch you wherever his pants or swimming shorts touch.  Hope this is of some help.  I'll leave someone else to make suggestions re minecraft but sometimes it's best to have an allocated time for pursuing an activity, inc. talking about it.  At the same time I think we understand that when a person absolutely loves something then it can be difficult not to indulge outselves.Smile