HI,Everyone
I have a 12 year old boy. He was diagnosed with Autism when he was 2 years old, He is high funtioning, very verbal.
I have a big problem with his behaivor, He is agresive,talks back ,does not respect grown ups, and curses at me most of the time, specially when he does not get his way. I talk to him a lot to try to make him understand that what he does and says is not apropeate behavior,. He is under MED. I dont know what to do with him anymore . in school mhe doesnt want to do his work and shows very bad behavior also .we have tried earning points, earning money,telling him that if he is good at school and home we will buy him the video game that he wants.I have also taken away ALL his games and as soon as he gets them back he doesnt behave, so then i have to take them away again. i dont know what else to do can someone help us
ESTESMOM
Unfortunately right now you are not only dealing with the autism but the teenage years. And they do tend to have behaviour issues as a teen. Have they tried depakote or something like that to see if his moods level off? What meds is he on?
Tammy
i too agree that it probably has something to do with hormones, although not having any experiences with it personally. if at all possible perhaps speaking with a behavioral therapist to see if there is an underlying cause of these behaviors wouldn't be such a bad idea. i wish you the best and let us know...thanks to all that responded, I will try talking to his Doctor.He has behaivor modification, but thing do not work for long with him, redirecting him does not work anymore it use to when he was smaller,thanks I will try the other thing that you guys told meNita
wow I can't even see that far..my son is 3 at the moment and after his dental surgery - we have noticed a bunch of temper tantrums - we think it's related to the attention that the baby is getting..b/c at first we thought it was attributed to the pain in his teeth...I can't imagine dealing with the behavior issues in ten years..b/c I am desparately hoping that there will be a level of understanding by then... he has always been the best kid- the other kids take a toy away - he wouldn't even cry -he would find something else to play with..if he didn't get something he would cry for a second and then go for something else - now we're experiencing..toy flinging -food throwing moods...I tried hand slapping but he just laughs and talking does not seem to get across...it really is something new for us -as my daughter would break into tears as soon as we raised our voices..It's getting to a point where Drew would jump on the dog from heights and the poor dog in pain wants to bite but would never dream of it..he is also getting his ears practically ripped out by Drew..is this a delayed terrible 2's or did I just not read all the autism books