My child is almost 4. She is very verbally delayed and are on the pathway for an autism assessment (to confirm as pediatrician is quite sure but unable to diagnose)
She is getting very angry and having violent outbursts (hitting, kicking, biting, scratching, pushing her younger sibling over, pulling hair, ripping into the face of whoever is close to her at the time)
She struggles with change and it's been a fairly big one for her with breaking up for summer, switching from pm to am sessions (+dinner) at nursery. I'd understand if this was her trigger but her behaviour began to worsen before the summer.
I don't know what to do, I was told that as her speech improves so will her behaviour but although her speech is improving her outbursts are getting worse!
Has anyone been in this situation and found a way to manage the outbursts?
Her attention span is literally zero so telling her that it hurts to hit doesn't sink in.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
