Agression and Biting Help...

April 15, 2001

My heart broke just a little yesterday.....

has always had the 'brute' aspect to his autism and we've been at a

loss on how to handle it. When he's in a full time program he seems to do a

little better but as soon as you take him out of that environment he goes

right back. We're going to be implementing a token system for 'Not biting

or pulling hair' but I have my doubts that it will work.

He's very physical and aggressive, always has been. Running head on for

hugs, hyperactivity and things like that. He's also *very* big for his age

which just makes it harder. For about 6 months he has been pulling my

daughters hair and biting her on a regular basis, we think we know that the

function of this is the reaction he gets from Chelsea. He also bites others

though and we CAN NOT figure out the function. It's always someone he

likes. Even with Chelsea it's hard to imagine since she is just wonderful

with him, she always has time for him, always plays with him and always has

so much patience with him. He enjoys playing with her.

Anyhow, yesterday he went to his second gymnastics class. He really loves

it and was really excited to go. The therapist brought him home early

because he had bit one of his instructors. =( When she told me I just felt

my heart sink. She was really OK with it since she was farmiliar with the

disorder but it really brought home the fact that he will be in a class room

full of kids come September. He has also bitten one child in his preschool

a while back.

I'm looking for advice on possable causes of aggression. Wether it might be

linked to some sort of defficiency or a program you've utilized that's

worked in an ABA setting, Anything! We've been battling this a long time

and he still can not make the connection between losing previleges and what

he did. or the fact that when his sister cries it's because he hurt her. He

is obssessive about his video's so we tried taking those away when he bit

Chels, he *Really* just doesn't make the connection.

Help, Please

Toma

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