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Ground them to each other
I have two children (adults now). A son and a daughter. They were born 6 years apart, my son came first. Once my daughter was old enough to bicker and fight with my son and vice versa, I didn't ground them (it was more of a punishment for me than them). What I would do is make them sit on the couch together, apologize to each other and make them hold hands for a pre-determined amount of time. It almost always worked as they would eventually start laughing cause the felt silly. I didn't do this every time cause I was afraid it would lose its effectiveness, but when I did use it, it worked.
13 year old grandson with autism
I failed to mention that he takes risperdol and an antidepressent, I think fluoxetine?
13 year old grandson with autism
I have a 13 year old grandson diagnosed many years ago with "high functioning autism". Apparently, some autistics have the "visual" form where they do not look at people, but my daughter in law says his is of the "audio" variety, where loud sounds set him off. To talk with him you might not even know he has autism, however, when he is not the center of attention, he interrupts the conversation with some sort of outburst, such as he will hollar "OUCH" to get everyone's attention. He also uses his autism to excuse his obnoxious behavior. First, I have never heard of this "audio" variety, is there really such a thing? and how do I manage his outbursts and obnoxious behavor?
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