Re: (unknown) Hair pulling behaviors!

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Veldanda Swapna!

My son used to do it when he was about two or three yrs old. I put

him in Time out consistently every time he did it. But he still did

Not remember not to repeat it.

Then what I did was to restrain his hands, behind his back, every

time he would do it. Then I also kept a journal, as to what triggered

that behavior, when what time fo the day, why, etc. I also watched

for any clues that he was going to manifest before such behaviors.

Finally I also did put him in " straight jacket " w my long sleeved

blouse and tie both the hands in at the back!

Believe it or not in a week he stopped doing this " hair pulling

behaviors " . Don't feel sorry for him or for yourself, when you have

to restrain him for dangerous behaviors, like this one. If you don't

do this at home and discipline him now, when he grows older and very

bigger, it is very hard for any worker to handle him outside yur home

or at home by you as well.

I hope you are not offended by the " suggestion that I made about

restraints. Free will and freedom has limits for all of us "

Good luck.

> > This is in response to the behavioral problems you

> > are having with your 4

> > year old child. To deal with these problems, you

> > need some behavioral

> > techniques. There are many you can try. For

> > example, timeout is one you

> > might use. Each time my son climbs on a table at

> > home, I will cover his eyes

> > with my hands and make him count to 10 or 20 and

> > then say, " We don't climb on

> > tables. " If your child is not verbal, you can do

> > the counting yourself and

> > then tell him, " We don't... " Call it a timeout and

> > remind him that each time

> > he does ____ he will be given a timeout. Make sure

> > that you follow through

> > with it EVERY SINGLE TIME. There are many other

> > techniques like picking up

> > blocks or putting pegs in a board. They must be

> > activities that your son

> > does NOT like. My best advice for you would be to

> > look for a book on

> > behavioral techniques. Look at the website for

> > Different Roads to Learning.

> > They have many books for autism or adhd. Also, this

> > group---- is mainly

> > for biological interventions which would definately

> > benefit your child.

> > However, if you are looking for behavioral

> > techniques, your best bet would be

> > to join another group for that purpose. For example

> > the Me List is one of

> > the best. I don't have that address with me, but I

> > am sure someone else on

> > this list could give it to you. Also, the DTT list

> > on would

> > also be a good source. I hope you find some answers

> > for your child.

> >

> > All the best,

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