Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi there
I have a 4 year old son who has asd (just recently diagnosed). He is very hyperactive and struggles with frustration. He roars all the time and where he doesn't understand personal space he does it right in your face. He is a very big 4 year old and his behaviour is scaring his little sister who is 2. He doesn't listen and doesn't understand that he scares her. Does anyone have any advice to try to calm this behaviour?
Hi thank you for comments.
Thankfully I've been told that the early years practitioner is only with us for a few more weeks then we are being transferred to a asd specialist practitioner. Unfortunately my son hits out alot which is not good as he is very tall and all muscle. But I have not thought about that if he is roaring then he is not hitting and even though I need to sort out the roaring I do find comfort in that he is not hitting. I think it would be good to work with him with the internal progress of not coping but how would I go about doing this?
As to his diet I try to make it as healthy as I can but unfortunately when he was 2 he went through the typical toddler stage of being fussy a
nd ever since he is too scared to try new things. He generally eats jam sandwiches n breaded frozen meat for dinner. I give him grapes n smoothies to make his diet healthier and sweetcorn or beans with every dinner. Unfortunately he won't eat any other fruit or veg even though he used to when younger now he has a meltdown if you try to get him to try. Food with him is very frustrating for me as as a mother I obviously would love him to have a healthy diet.