Guest guest Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Do you mean blowing raspberries or spitting? My son, Isaac who is in the 5th grade blows raspberries and we call it spitting because it is so inappropriate. But it isn't like " blowing a wad " or anything. Is that the lingo? :-) It is just annoying. We wrote a social story for him and that has helped a lot. At home if he spits he has to color a picture in a coloring book. He HATES this and yet very willingly does it. I don't' know why. It does demonstrate to me that he has complete control over his behavior. He may not understand why spitting is wrong. He thinks it is funny. But he can stop it and for the most part, he has. I don't know your sons level of ability. Isaac is very high functioning and YET he truly does not understand WHY spitting is wrong. For now, he just has to take our word for it. He can't be left unsupervised at school any more than a child who has less academic skills. It is that autism thing and the inability of schools to create communities for learning where all children can participate. I would be careful of the spit guard, sounds rather archaic to me. My son does not spit on sensory overload. He blows raspberries when he wants to say, " I disagree with you " but with more umf. Nonetheless, we redirect him back to, " If you disagree, just say it " . Your son could also be taught to sign " enough " or whatever he wants to say but can't, therefore spits. This could all be incorporated into the social story. One of the great things about social stories is that they teach staff as well as our children. While the story reminds our children of what they should do instead of the inappropriate behavior, they remind staff that there really is a reason for the behavior. _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of leilani.aguirre Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 4:00 PM To: Subject: Spitting Concerns Ok, here's the deal: I just came home from picking Noah up from school where his teacher informed me that noah tends to become " rowdy " at about 1:30 and the biggest issue is the spitting. i made a big issue about Noah having a positive school year this year because last year, all I seemed to get was the bad news: potty accidents, spitting, not wanting to work, etc. This year I called a meeting a week before school started to restate my concerns and offered some suggestions. I was reassured that this school year would be way better, they had some staff changes and now they had people on staff with more experience and knowledge of autism. Good. We changed his aide to someone who was WILLING to work with him. Great. Now I feel like they are reluctant to let me know about his behavior and today they asked me for suggestions on what to do, esp. about the spitting, so I REALLY need some advice. Teacher wanted to get him a spit guard, not sure what that is, but I dont want him to have to wear something that would further call attn. to him and make him feel even more alienated. On the other hand, safety for the staff is a concern as well because of body fluids. I asked if maybe he could have 5 min. of calm before started work again. that suggestion was shot down. I asked if it could be a sensory issue, she said no. I asked if maybe he was wanting to spend more time with his " reg. ed. " peers and she felt that his behavior with his homeroom teahcer indicated that he was wanting to leave at that time. First week of school seemed to go great, and he is really enjoying his new aide, I just dont know what could be causing the behavior change in the afternoon and I dont want his aide to want to change assignments. Noahs a great kid but he will have his moments. So if anyone has any suggestions I could take to his school, I would really appreciate it. I feel a really big obligation to offer help even though I, myself, am at a loss, because I really advocated to make sure his experience at school this year would be a positive one. Thanks. Leilani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 > > Do you mean blowing raspberries or spitting? My son, Isaac who is in the > 5th grade blows raspberries and we call it spitting because it is so > inappropriate. But it isn't like " blowing a wad " or anything. Is that the > lingo? :-) It is just annoying. > > > > We wrote a social story for him and that has helped a lot. At home if he > spits he has to color a picture in a coloring book. He HATES this and yet > very willingly does it. I don't' know why. It does demonstrate to me that > he has complete control over his behavior. He may not understand why > spitting is wrong. He thinks it is funny. But he can stop it and for the > most part, he has. > > > > I don't know your sons level of ability. Isaac is very high functioning and > YET he truly does not understand WHY spitting is wrong. For now, he just > has to take our word for it. He can't be left unsupervised at school any > more than a child who has less academic skills. It is that autism thing and > the inability of schools to create communities for learning where all > children can participate. > > > > I would be careful of the spit guard, sounds rather archaic to me. > > > > My son does not spit on sensory overload. He blows raspberries when he > wants to say, " I disagree with you " but with more umf. Nonetheless, we > redirect him back to, " If you disagree, just say it " . Your son could also > be taught to sign " enough " or whatever he wants to say but can't, therefore > spits. > > > > This could all be incorporated into the social story. > > > > One of the great things about social stories is that they teach staff as > well as our children. While the story reminds our children of what they > should do instead of the inappropriate behavior, they remind staff that > there really is a reason for the behavior. > > > > > > > > _____ > > From: [mailto: ] On Behalf > Of leilani.aguirre > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 4:00 PM > To: > Subject: Spitting Concerns > > > > Ok, here's the deal: I just came home from picking Noah up from > school where his teacher informed me that noah tends to > become " rowdy " at about 1:30 and the biggest issue is the spitting. i > made a big issue about Noah having a positive school year this year > because last year, all I seemed to get was the bad news: potty > accidents, spitting, not wanting to work, etc. This year I called a > meeting a week before school started to restate my concerns and > offered some suggestions. I was reassured that this school year would > be way better, they had some staff changes and now they had people on > staff with more experience and knowledge of autism. Good. We changed > his aide to someone who was WILLING to work with him. Great. Now I > feel like they are reluctant to let me know about his behavior and > today they asked me for suggestions on what to do, esp. about the > spitting, so I REALLY need some advice. Teacher wanted to get him a > spit guard, not sure what that is, but I dont want him to have to > wear something that would further call attn. to him and make him feel > even more alienated. On the other hand, safety for the staff is a > concern as well because of body fluids. I asked if maybe he could > have 5 min. of calm before started work again. that suggestion was > shot down. I asked if it could be a sensory issue, she said no. I > asked if maybe he was wanting to spend more time with his " reg. ed. " > peers and she felt that his behavior with his homeroom teahcer > indicated that he was wanting to leave at that time. First week of > school seemed to go great, and he is really enjoying his new aide, I > just dont know what could be causing the behavior change in the > afternoon and I dont want his aide to want to change assignments. > Noahs a great kid but he will have his moments. So if anyone has any > suggestions I could take to his school, I would really appreciate it. > I feel a really big obligation to offer help even though I, myself, > am at a loss, because I really advocated to make sure his experience > at school this year would be a positive one. Thanks. Leilani > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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