behaviour

              Hi everyone

     You never think it will happen to you... "kraken468" is our son. He was diagnosticated with ASD eight weeks ago. Has a speech delay and his behaviour is becoming agressive when he kicks, hits or throws... Sometimes, we try to ignore it to defuse it or use distraction and divert it and it all comes ramdom... 

    A big THANK YOU to the people behind the screen on this site. If you are in same circumstances and if you are willing, you could share your story or experience. Its still early stages for us and we need an upgade on advice. What other options to deal with kraken's behavior? Carpe diem !!!

 

   Thank you

Parents
  • Be careful with the random idea - it may be difficult for you to link cause and effect. Your son may be taking longer to process causes before reacting, going over and over something trying to make sense of it,  so there could be a time lag between cause and effect. Also the cause of outbursts may be cumulative, and the trigger is "the last straw" in a series of causes, and the trigger might be quite trivial or even easily overlooked.  Concepts like ignoring, defusing and diverting seem, from the way you express this, to be neurotypical ways of trying to make someone conform.  You probably need to stand back a bit and try to get a picture, in stages, of what's causing the distress. You don't indicate his age which would help some parents relate.

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  • Be careful with the random idea - it may be difficult for you to link cause and effect. Your son may be taking longer to process causes before reacting, going over and over something trying to make sense of it,  so there could be a time lag between cause and effect. Also the cause of outbursts may be cumulative, and the trigger is "the last straw" in a series of causes, and the trigger might be quite trivial or even easily overlooked.  Concepts like ignoring, defusing and diverting seem, from the way you express this, to be neurotypical ways of trying to make someone conform.  You probably need to stand back a bit and try to get a picture, in stages, of what's causing the distress. You don't indicate his age which would help some parents relate.

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