She still can learn right from wrong. Have you talked to her and told her is not right to do certain things? Try positive rewards for positive actions. Also time outs too.
It sounds like a combination of poor impulse control, hormones, and increased physical size are causing more and more trouble. The running off (elopement) issue is also disturbing since it puts her in danger. How to help her might depend on how verbal she is. You'll find some good tips on elopement here on this forum:
http://www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16989&am p;KW=elopement
Here are some links that are usually helpful to people in dealing with meltdowns.
http://www.jambav.com/modules/specialneeds/specialneeds.php? id=8 - Temper Tantrum Report (for documenting and analyzing meltdowns)
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv -ppiep&msg=2462.1& an article called "Thoughtful Response to Agitation, Escalation and Meltdowns in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders."
http://www.isec2005.org.uk/isec/abstracts/papers_m/myles_b.s html - "The Cycle of Tantrums, Rage, and Meltdowns in Children and Youth with Asperger Syndrome, High-Functioning Autism, and Related Disabilities" which is an article by Professor Brenda Smith Myles, with a list of 7 strategies you can use in the rumbling stage (ie agitation and escalation towards a meltdown/rage).
http://www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16187&am p;am p;am p;am p;KW=inside+scoop - " 'Meltdowns': The inside scoop (or rant)" which is a popular topic on our forum started by Stickboy26.
Good luck with everything!
Hi there
My step daughter is 11 years old this year. We have Hannah to stay every other weekend but longer in the school holidays. I guess it's easier for us sometimes as the weekends are fun times, we don't always get to experience the temper tantrums that her Mum and her Partner experience in the every day dealings with school, home and routine.
It seems that Hannah has started to take her temper tantrums to the next level. At times she will just flop to the floor and refuse to get up, not even her favourite toy/hobby will get her up and that's where the individual's own physical strength to remove her from that situation is all you can rely on.
Other times if she is fixated on something she will run - like Forrest Gump and not stop, she is so fast and unaware of danger - roads - strangers, its so worrying.
An example recently is that she got off the school bus and wanted another childs school bag which had Winnie The Pooh on it (she is obsessed with these characters and also Disney characters). She started to drop to the floor and then run after the bus and her Mother had to physically sit on her to calm her down, once they got back to the house the doors were locked but Hannah still tried to climb out of a bedroom window ------ HELP??????