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XBOX 360

Chris2009

Does anyone know of any research that has been done into the benefits and detriments of the use of an XBOX 360 by a child on the autistic spectrum. My son has been given one by his older brother which he has had for a while and it has lots of age appropriate games. In a matter of days he has mastered its use and his gaming skills are most impressive. The challenge is that given the choice he would play it to the exclusion of everything else. On the one hand I do not want to stop something he really enjoys and gives him great pleasure yet on the other hand I do not want him to be playing XBOX360 to the exclusion of everything else.

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  • I have a 12 year old just diagnosed and xbox/ipad/phone all seemed to be attached to him like an umbilical cord. I am starting to realise that playing this stuff does actually help to destress him. I have always been anti these devises and my son and I have fought over him playing these and well, the meltdowns if he loses are immense - controllers thrown against walls, the discs are left everywhere....

    I once implemented something when he was younger call Screen Time Reward and basically I gave him a huge list of things he could do and each one earned him screen time, which could be spent on a screen of his choice. WOW, he was making his bed every morning, even teeth cleaning, homework etc, he was so motivated it was astonishing, worked like a dream. Until he turned 10.5 and he just said NO, refused to do it !!

    My son now is only allowed to play fri / sat / sun, however since the diagnosis he is allowed 1 hour after school and I find it really helps to get all the stress and anxiety out from his day at school and actually makes him alot nicer, calmer and more intersted in talking.

    H

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  • I have a 12 year old just diagnosed and xbox/ipad/phone all seemed to be attached to him like an umbilical cord. I am starting to realise that playing this stuff does actually help to destress him. I have always been anti these devises and my son and I have fought over him playing these and well, the meltdowns if he loses are immense - controllers thrown against walls, the discs are left everywhere....

    I once implemented something when he was younger call Screen Time Reward and basically I gave him a huge list of things he could do and each one earned him screen time, which could be spent on a screen of his choice. WOW, he was making his bed every morning, even teeth cleaning, homework etc, he was so motivated it was astonishing, worked like a dream. Until he turned 10.5 and he just said NO, refused to do it !!

    My son now is only allowed to play fri / sat / sun, however since the diagnosis he is allowed 1 hour after school and I find it really helps to get all the stress and anxiety out from his day at school and actually makes him alot nicer, calmer and more intersted in talking.

    H

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