increasing aggression - Autism Spectrum Message Board

Liz Cook · 05-29-2006, 06:30 AM

our son is becoming a angry little boy. well thats not exactly right either... he's just getting more violent. every time it seems that he comes over to see either my husband or i no matter what his mood is he has to pinch or bite or scratch, etc.
isaac is non-verbal and so i understand that he has a high level of frustration but sometimes he's happy when he does this too. its like he is just constantly lashing out at everything and everyone. we are getting at a loss as to what to do with him. he is getting bigger too so we need to do something before it becomes a really big issue. i dont want to be looking at a 6 foot 200 pound teenager that has no idea how to control that down the road. so any tips would be appreciated!

marissamm · 05-29-2006, 09:27 AM

how about when he comes to you hold his hands and firmly tell him NO, if you see that he wants to bite or pinch tell him No biting or No pinching etc, he might get the message.

mommaboyz · 05-29-2006, 10:02 AM

Dont let him get away with this for sure. My son started this with his borther. I kept telling him no and he eventually stoped for the most part. One thing Ive learned from meetings and therapy is we use too many words for them to understand. Instead of explaining to him use fewer words I found this helped with my son alot.

strongernow · 05-29-2006, 12:24 PM

Do you think medication could help or behavior modification?

SuchGreatHeight · 05-29-2006, 06:44 PM

I agree that it needs to be addressed, and he shouldnt be able to do those things. However, I don't believe medications (or an increase) should be inroduces so quickly. Considering aggression, it seems that it has to be fueled by something. Possibly some change in his routine, symptoms, surroundings, etc. Is there a pattern to his agression? Anything has changed in his routine or surroundings? Does he seem to have other increased symptoms?

SGH