Child pulling own hair out

[Guest guest]

It might be worth using the 'ABC' rules - antecedent (what happens

before she starts pulling her hair?), behaviour , consequence (What do

the people around her do/how do they react? for a week just to see if

anything interesting comes up. We've done this with several behaviours

and if we do it for just a week there's always a surprise about what we

are doing as a consequence - for example - does mum hold her tight to

keep her arms away from her head - then it might be a way of getting

deep pressure input from a parent? Or does everyone get distressed and

so she is getting intense attention which she might find interesting.

My son used to headbut me on the nose in the middle of the night and it

finally turned out it was the only successful way he had found of

getting my attnetion when it was dark (we always keep the lights out

and play dead - thius way suddenly there was lots of activity, lights

on etc)! Happy to say he's not done it since I worked it out! Good

luck, Mel x