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Hi, father of 8 year old boy diagnosed with AS

Nemesis44UK

Hi, I'm Nemesis. I am a father to two children, a boy (8) and a girl (2) and my boy has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. This is not a surprise as his mother and I knew something was "off-key."

What has been more difficult is that he has changed from an introverted, sweet boy into an aggressive, angry young man. He is eight years old, but he acts like a teenager. The slightest thing sets him off and he is abusive to his family and teachers. 

It is becoming very hard to deal with and honestly, I am not sure how to handle him.

I signed up for this board in the hope that I might get some advice. Can someone help?

 

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  • Hi Nemesis,

    I was going to say the same. Do you know what triggers him? I assume the school is aware of his diagnosis? Do they have anywhere he can go if he feels overwhelmed?

    My daughter is 9 and probably Aspergers, I know that the unstructered time at school is a problem for her, this is in the playtime and lunch breaks, also in the afternoons the children have time to work on topics and art, where the noise level tends to rise. She told me that at these times she sometimes feels like she wants to run away and hide. In the mornings they have numeracy and literacy where the children have to be quiet and are all concentrating on their work, she's fine then.

    Her school has a 'nuture group' made up of 2 teachers and around 6 - 8 pupils, for the kids that struggle in the classroom for whatever reason. Leah was going there in the afternoons and it has been a great help to her.

    I really feel for you all going through this, I suspect your son is struggling with everything that's going on in his head. Is he aware of his diagnosis? After reading a book on Aspergers my daughter was just so relieved, she recognised so much of herself in the book that everything just 'made sense' to her, she understood why she was so different. Everyone said that she was much happier after we looked into Aspergers as a possibility for her issues and 'quirks'.

    I hope it starts to get a little easier for you.

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  • Hi Nemesis,

    I was going to say the same. Do you know what triggers him? I assume the school is aware of his diagnosis? Do they have anywhere he can go if he feels overwhelmed?

    My daughter is 9 and probably Aspergers, I know that the unstructered time at school is a problem for her, this is in the playtime and lunch breaks, also in the afternoons the children have time to work on topics and art, where the noise level tends to rise. She told me that at these times she sometimes feels like she wants to run away and hide. In the mornings they have numeracy and literacy where the children have to be quiet and are all concentrating on their work, she's fine then.

    Her school has a 'nuture group' made up of 2 teachers and around 6 - 8 pupils, for the kids that struggle in the classroom for whatever reason. Leah was going there in the afternoons and it has been a great help to her.

    I really feel for you all going through this, I suspect your son is struggling with everything that's going on in his head. Is he aware of his diagnosis? After reading a book on Aspergers my daughter was just so relieved, she recognised so much of herself in the book that everything just 'made sense' to her, she understood why she was so different. Everyone said that she was much happier after we looked into Aspergers as a possibility for her issues and 'quirks'.

    I hope it starts to get a little easier for you.

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