Re: Screaming

May 29, 2005

Yes have seen of this behavior much so and it is of not uncommon

among young childrens and if not stopped can come into adult years

but have only known of one adult who to still did of it. It is of

maybe a play or self stim that was to bring of pleasure and such and

maybe gives off the same as when I to like to lay in ways to see the

angles of the celing and other things of the house in odd ways as it

gives off distroted yet floaty like feel in me. Like some NT who to

like to do roller coasters and or fast spinning rides the out field

wheil on that ride gets distorted some and yet enjoyed at same time

this is hte feel sometimes I to get when I to lay at angles of

things but I to not do that one often except to my sofa and bed now

but I to lay on the sofa or bed and or floor and just lay there

looking . I to some times place of my feet and legs up on the sofa

and lay back flat on the floor or will cross my legs over and sit in

odd ways with back flat to the floor or bed. It is of fun and

stimulating to me.

So maybe you child is doing cause and effect game when she to turn

of head down it gives off differetn somewhat distroted views or

angles of the things she wants to see. Some of us with dx have

sahred that we can see of 3 deminsionally is she is of doing that it

is of to her like seeing the whole gemetrical design of an item in

her perception by altering the angle or how she views it. It could

also be to just play and she likes of it.

Sondra

May 29, 2005

My daughter is 21 months and she always looks at things upside down or from an

angle...she also scares me to death when she runs around sometimes she will

close her eyes and keep running aroung, does anyone else have a kido that does

that?

aimee

debrah stokes wrote:

My daughtor is low-functioning and is 14years old, still wears size 8, but one

of the the stimulation things she does the most, she go to the couch or any

piece of funiture and lean over as if the stand on her head, and will stand ther

leaning over 10 or 15 min sometimes longer, I redirect her because it concerns

me the blood rushing to her head, as a young child she would just any where bend

down with hands touching the floor and just stand there , now she goes to the

funiture, has anyone here seen or heard of a child doing this

nasonbill wrote:

Jen,

If she doesn't seem to be under distress it probably is not a

sensory issue. If it appears out of the blue with little

indication, than most likely it is for attention of self-

stimulation. Try giving her a " reason " not to scream. Keep it

positive, and reinforce the lack of screaming. For example, try to

identify how frequently she screams (let say a couple times a day).

Set up an interval reinforcement chart, whereby she earns a star

every few hours for not screaming. After earning a few stars she

gets a favorable reward. Keep it positive and have her put her

stars on the chart. Each time help her count how many she has and

how close she is to earning the next reward. This gives her a

positive reason for curbing her own behavior. There are a variety

of reinforcement procedures that can be used to decrease simple

behaviors. In addition it is still important to identify the

functions behind the behavior and to identify a replacement behavior

to take its place, but many simple behaviors can be reduced by

simply reinforcing the absence of it.

Bill

> Hi Jen,

>

> I also have a daughter (6) with autism and two NT boys 8 and 3.

There is

> more to it than the sex of the child, unfortunately no one knows

what that is.

>

May 29, 2005

Aimee,

Those are all visual stims. My daughter has done all of those and

more. She did the closed-eyes thing for awhile. Just walked around

like that all day, even at school. Yep, very scary, but she just

stopped on her own one day. She started looking at things sideways and

upside down when she was only 3 months old, but always had an odd way

of looking at things even as a newborn. She would sit in her infant

swing watching a video and tilt her head to the side when something

visually stimulating came on the screen, using involving spinning

objects or wild colors. She also will look at an inanimate object from

many different angles. Right now her thing is opening and closing

every door and cabinet in the house. The peripheral vision gets

stimulated from the changes in lines and shadows created by the

movement of the doors. Also there is that lovely slamming sound.

That's always fun. It gets pretty annoying when I ma taking a shower

and she is opening and closing the glass shower door hundreds of times,

letting the cold air in and the water out. But hey, I have to look on

the bright side, when she is doing that, at least I know where she is!

If you are very concerned you can take her to see a developmental

optometrist for some vision therapy. She may be a bit young now,

though, but you can always have a consultation.

> My daughter is 21 months and she always looks at things upside down or

> from an angle...she also scares me to death when she runs around

> sometimes she will close her eyes and keep running aroung, does anyone

> else have a kido that does that?

>

> aimee

>

May 29, 2005