therapy for behavior

[Guest guest]

a response to the mom asking about the increase in 'self stim

behaviors'............I understand and agree with the responses already given

but thought I would throw this in as well:

I think we as humans are a lot more complicated than we give ourselves credit

for....in the past I would have thought the same as one responder " that this is

an inappropriate form of communication " and just left it as that....a behavior

that has to somehow be done away with as it is inappropriate......but lately

something happened with my son that is changing my thinking: he too began doing

these strange repetitive behaviors in school and at home like grabbing his

crotch, pointing his finger up, turning his head to one side with a spaced out

look in his eyes......they seemed to be getting worse and the school team

suggested setting up a comprehensive " motivational chart " to get these behaviors

to decrease......a few days after the meeting his right ear drum perforated from

a bad infection (no signs ahead except a normal cold) and a few weeks later we

discovered he is largely deaf in his LEFT ear........now that both ears are

clear of infection and fluid these behaviors have almost entirely

disappeared!!!!!!!!!! with NO MOTIVATIONAL CHART!!! I have decided that in

the future when my son begins increasing or starting " inappropriate " behaviors I

will use all of my rational powers and resources to find out what is going wrong

for him that he cannot for whatever reason express to me (he can talk in full

sentences and has a fabulous vocabulary but is SIX and doesn't have much life

experience or abstract conceptual abilities) BEFORE jumping into a behavioral

treatment program!! hope this little anecdote helps some family avoid some

pain and agony in the future.

[Guest guest]

> " that this is

> an inappropriate form of communication " and just

> left it as that....a behavior that has to somehow be

> done away with as it is inappropriate......but

> lately something happened with my son that is

> changing my thinking:

.......a few days after the meeting his right

> ear drum perforated from a bad infection (no signs

> ahead except a normal cold) and a few weeks later we

> discovered he is largely deaf in his LEFT

> ear........

Carol,

Hope he's doing better! Thanks for sharing your

experience. My daughter suffers from ear infections

and we never know it because she doesn't run fevers or

complain about pain but she will start to " act out "

and do lots of stimming also.

We discovered these " infections " just by chance. We

would be at the doctor's for check-ups or because she

had a cold that lasted too long. I can't take the

credit for making the connection for my daughter,

hubby noticed it.

Audrey

We have made this connection just by chance.