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Disciplining and coping with tantrums

NAS62529

Hi Wave 

My eldest son is almost 3 and I believe he is showing signs of being autistic. He has a speech delay and we are currently under SALT and we have had an appointment with a paediatrician. 

We have reached that stage where the emotions are flowing and ‘tantrums’/ outburst are happening maybe 4 or 5 times a day at least. I know that this is normal for his age, but I don’t know how to deal with them. Until we have been told 100% he is not autistic ( I know this may be a long road to get on, if we manage to at all.) I and trying to have some understanding when disciplining him of how he processes things. When your children has/had tantrums/ outbursts how have you dealt with it? Or how have you dealt with discipline all together? 

I know each child is different and so is everyone parenting styles but any pointers would be greatly appreciated so I have somewhere to start. 

Thanks xx

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  • Think also of the idea that in autism challenging behaviour is communication. Is there anything that is distressing for him that causes the tantrums. My daughter had huge tantrums going to shopping malls. It took me a while to realise that the echo in the atrium set her off. It was years before I first heard of autism, so I was clueless. 

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  • Think also of the idea that in autism challenging behaviour is communication. Is there anything that is distressing for him that causes the tantrums. My daughter had huge tantrums going to shopping malls. It took me a while to realise that the echo in the atrium set her off. It was years before I first heard of autism, so I was clueless. 

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