How can i get my nine year old autistic son to calm down when he is hyper?

Question

my son is in the middle of the autism spectrum disoder and when he is hyper or watching t.v, plying gamebot, on the p.c...etc he makes high pitch noises. when i tell him quite it down he does but only for a little while... this also affects his concentration in school cause he does the same thing...

Answer 1

Hi! I am an aide to an autistic 10 year old boy. The only thing I can suggest would be to give him a koosh ball or something he can squeeze and manipulate with his hands to get some of the pent up energy out, or to reward him with a favorite treat whenever he uses a quiet voice. I CONSTANTLY have to remind my student to use a quiet voice. I say that, and then I tell him to let me hear his quiet voice. He usually whispers "OK," and then I give him a goldfish cracker. Sometimes of course he yells, "No quiet voice, " lol but that's just typical behavior of any 9/10 year old. Please just remember though, that for every "quirk" of his that you work on and eliminate, another one WILL take it's place. Make sure that whatever you are trying to get him to stop doing is worth the chance that he will adopt a more inappropriate behavior! Good luck!

Answer 2

Just continue to be patient and firm with him, and don't believe in those dumb, false PC "disorders" and "diseases." He'll outgrow it very shortly.

Answer 3

Talk to the pediatrician and see what he/she suggests.

Answer 4

I have a nine year old son with autism too!  I would TRY praising him when he's being appropriate.  "Good being quiet."  Or you might give him a small reward like a raisin or a little m&m.  You might try taking the activity away for a few seconds until he is quiet also.  Then give it back the instant he is quiet saying, "Good being quiet!"  That works with my son, but not ALWAYS.  

I would then see how long you can get him to behave appropriately.  So then you praise him and give him the reward the longer he can remain quiet.  Two seconds, 5 seconds, a minute and so on.  You could even keep track of how he does and see if there are any circumstances or rewards that seem to help better than others.

Good luck!  Enjoy your son, he sounds like a great kid!

Answer 5

don't  give him anything that contains sugar! that make kidz more hipper..... plus educate the child alittle bit!

:)

luck!

Answer 6

i have no experience with autistic kids sorry but i know when my son gets really hyper at night (he has ADHD), i was told by my doctor to give childrens benadryl to help him calm down to go to sleep.   I dont use it often only on the nights where he is really hyped.  But with autism, i dont think you can make him stop b/c he has autism and maybe its way of communicating or something in his brain is doing this?  He probably cant help it like my son cant with his hyperactiviy and impulsivity due to adhd.  My son has to take meds during the day which help so much.  The only thing i can suggest is maybe talk to other parents with autisic experience and see what they say, see the specialist for autism.  Perhpas read a self-help book for autistic kids.  The main thing is you talk to people or professionals who actually work with or have  kids with autism.  I use benadryl at night only once in awhile for bedtime.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Sit down with him and start talking. He might calm down a listen.

Answer 9

hi there my name is Dro and I have some specialities i am not perfect but this is what i do and i am also a full time student.. well its good when he is hyper because this will help him to be more active i wish like all of us where this much active but try to calm him down for example whatever he likes lets say he loves lego... if he gets super active or super hyper take a way the lego hide it somewhere untill he is calm and do the same thing when he is calm give him back and do the same thing all the time another thing that you should do is to see how is he doing in the shool so please let me know asap so i can guide you what to do next because its a huge factor what he does at school like how are his grades does he do the homeworks and what does he do at home is he following you or whatever you are asking him if its in the home try to encourage him give him like for example tell him to read few pages or if there has to be a painting to be done give him paint let him paint and then if he screws up its ok you guys can all the way fix it so hopefully this gave you some idea thanks..

Answer 10

Autism is basically just a disorder where he can't communicate with the world. Just treat him like a normal child and explain to him that there are times where he can be loud and times where he must be quiet. If he's hyper then let him be active more like taking him to the park, letting him play in the backyard or you do things with him. Hope this helps.

Answer 11

Well, I don't personally know the answer to your question, but I know where there are people who do! My best friend has an autistic son, and she runs an awesome community called Rainbow Mum that's totally free to join. The women there are great - very welcoming and fun, and I'm sure they'd love to have you join the club. :-)))

Answer 12

this cant really be answered on a forum. you need to see a doctor and get their opinion

Answer 13

i just read about an autistic boy who had a specially trained dog that calmed him down when he became hyper or unable to conentrate just by touching the boy. it was a nice story actually.

Answer 14

my son is not autistic, but he does have some autistic behaviors. when he gets hyper, his physical therpist says to do physical activities with him. he loves swinging! you could go for a walk something like that. good luck!