What To Do About Aggressive Behavior

July 7, 2010

My 8 year ols has been more and more aggressive lately. He spent most of last

school year cause he can't keep to himself. He will hit, kick, or " accidently "

hit someone with his back pack. This summer he was sent home 2 out of 3 days

for hitting and being mean to other kids. He has been attending a camp for

special needs with a 1 on 1 counselor. He loves his counselor.....however,

today he chocked her. He says he thought she was helping him up and he grabbed

her around the neck, but we still got a letter sent home. He has grabbed me

aroung the neck like that before and has been told he can't do that! We have

been working on personal space with him since he was 3!! He even hit my very

large brother out of anger the other day! He seems to have a hard time

controlling hi emotions and gets very angry. I just don't know what to do. He

is so smart and sweet, yet nobody gets a chance to see that. I worry this

behavior will further isolate him from his peers. I know he is only 8, but I

worry about getting this under control or he will never be able to hold a job.

He argues absolutely everything, has to be told things a million

times......defiant is describing him lightly!! Please help! Thanks!

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- Re: ( ) zoning out

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>> At the risk of sounding preachy, I want to know why so many parents are

>> letting their kidsÂ‹ especially kids with AS-- play videogames from such an

>> early age. I see no problem with getting a 10 year old a videogame system,

>> but anything younger than that I am a bit wary. My NT brotherÂ‹ who was

>> playing Atari from age 4 or soÂ‹ then got into classic NES, then SNES and

>> Genesis... And it was a dental procedure for my parents to pull him away from

>> them. Sometimes he got so frustrated that he hit the Nintendo, or he would

>> break something. Then they would have to unhook the system and ground him

>> from it for a bit. It really was an addiction. If I ever have kids (which I

>> doubt), I might allow them before age ten to RENT videogame systems and games

>> once a month if they beg for them, and perhaps let them OWN a system when

>> theyÂ¹re at least 10... But no younger.

>> IÂ¹m not saying that youÂ¹re doing that, but it just seems so many AS kids

are

>> obsessed with video games, and for a kid that young to be playing video games

>> to begin with, a parent has to introduce them (especially if that kid

doesnÂ¹t

>> have any friends). Take the intense obsessions that AS kids have and combine

>> it with the addictive qualities of videogames, and you have a lethal

>> combination.

>>

>> On 7/5/10 7:06 PM, " " <doyourecycle@...> wrote:

>>

>>>

>>> The ongoing obsession is with Nintendo games. My son knows everything about

>>> their games and he makes his own cutting and pasting to make new ones from

>>> Super . This has been an obsession for a couple of years now and not

>>> letting up. For a while it was genetically modified foods. He saw me reading

>>> an article and asked some questions and learned it pretty well. He emptied

>>> all the food out of my kitchen (EVERYTHING) and examined each ingredient in

>>> each item. If there was a suspected gmo, he called the company to ask them

>>> if their product contained gmo's. He found a few that got past me and

>>> promptly threw them out. I thought that was a neat obsession for a while

>>> until he started quizzing everyone that came into our home as to whether or

>>> not they ate food with gmo's and just wouldn't let up. I had to divert him

>>> all the time to other topics.

>>>

>>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 2:12 PM, julie1013 <julie1013@...> wrote:

>>>>

>>>> What is he obsessed with?

>>>>

>>>> On 7/5/10 8:50 AM, " " <doyourecycle@...

>>>> <http://doyourecyclegmail/> > wrote:

>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> We had thought that our son was having seizures with his staring

>>>>> spells/zoning out periods. Went through a lot of testing and time to learn

>>>>> he's spacing out. It's thought to be a part of his autism )from his

>>>>> doctors) and when I have asked my son about some of the episodes he's told

>>>>> me what he was thinking about--his latest obsession. The zoning out

>>>>> doesn't last too long and there are times when they seem to take over his

>>>>> day. Seems to be no rhyme or reason to the intensity imo.

>>>>>

>>>>> On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 4:27 PM, julie1013 <julie1013@...

>>>>> <http://julie1013optonline (DOT) net/> > wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>> She could be visiting her internal world. Is she a kid who fantasizes a

>>>>>> lot? Growing up I had issues with paying attention in class because I was

>>>>>> constantly daydreaming. It could be about something I wanted to draw or

>>>>>> write, or whatever movie I was obsessed with.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> On 7/3/10 11:49 PM, " ashley " <adramash@... <http://adramashaol/>

>>>>>> <http://adramashaol/> > wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Just curious,

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> My DD4 will zone out/space out many times throughout the day. It lasts

>>>>>>> anywhere from a few seconds to a half hour. She will usually lie down

>>>>>>> suck her thumb and twirl her hair or pull her hair or rake her fingers

>>>>>>> through it or just pat her head. She seems to tire out more easily than

>>>>>>> any other 4yo I've ever seen. She falls asleep at night within 5min of

>>>>>>> laying down and will sleep all night, then take a 1-3hr nap also during

>>>>>>> the day. Her doctor could give me no good explanation. Any thoughts?

>>>>>>> Behavioral? Physical problem? I just lucked out having a good sleeper?

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>

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