Re: siblings help and behavior therapy

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I have definately made progress. I hope you can find a

behaviorist that is skilled in working with kids with

autism. I have found that most therapists

are not trained in this area to be effective.

You want to focus on the positive opposite. So you give

stickers for all the good words he uses and ignore

the negative (otherwise you are reinfocing the negative).

You have to give praise for all areas of improvement

throughout the day (10-12) times. Make it easy at

first. And reward we something that is easy to give

like reading a book to him or playing cars

with him for 30 minutes etc.

I am very hopeful for you. Your son is very young

you can do a lot to structure his word and shape

behavior.

Pam

" Jeannine Emmett " <jeannine.emmett@...> wrote:

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> Have any other parents here had any change in their child's behavior as a

result of therapy? My son's behavior is so out of control. He's 4 1/2 and has a

2 1/2 yr old sister and is teaching her so many bad behaviors. I don't know what

to do. He has an uncontrollable need to always make noises or use offensive

words " potty talk " and she mimics everything he says and does. I feel like I'm

about to loose my mind. This is so hard.

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