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Head banging

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My daughter who is 7 is autistic and is head banging and punching herself in the face out of frustration. She has communication issues and we are working on them but desperate to try to stop her head banging as we don’t want her to hurt herself.

has anyone been through this? If so, what worked for your child please?

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  • If your daughter has communication issues, use different types of methods to help her communicate wants/needs. This could be signing/makaton, pecs, visuals, aac device. We use pecs with my 17 year old and it helps, you can make your own or buy some, we have some we don't use which we will sell for an affordable price. My daughter head bangs, or has in the past, and it is scary and worrying for a parent. She doesn't do it much anymore but when it does happen we do our best to help. Safety comes first in our house so if she is headbanging or punching herself we use a cushion or our hand to block it and reduce the impact or we hold her head because the deep pressure calms her down. I hope this helps. 

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  • If your daughter has communication issues, use different types of methods to help her communicate wants/needs. This could be signing/makaton, pecs, visuals, aac device. We use pecs with my 17 year old and it helps, you can make your own or buy some, we have some we don't use which we will sell for an affordable price. My daughter head bangs, or has in the past, and it is scary and worrying for a parent. She doesn't do it much anymore but when it does happen we do our best to help. Safety comes first in our house so if she is headbanging or punching herself we use a cushion or our hand to block it and reduce the impact or we hold her head because the deep pressure calms her down. I hope this helps. 

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