Since school started, I've noticed one of my students often sticking his hand or finger down his pants to touch his "private parts". Yesterday he was lying on a soft mat in the classroom on his stomach and when he turned over, he had his shorts pulled down in front and he had an erection. I told him to pull up his pants because he isn't allowed to do that in the class. He exposed himself two more times after that. Today, he was touching himself while he was sitting at a table in the cafeteria. Then he pulled his pants down in front again and exposed himself. This doesn't seem to be an attention getting behavior. He is almost 12 so his body is going through changes--however, I don't know how to make him understand that he can only do it in private. And I can't have him exposing himself in front of other children in the cafeteria. He is nonverbal but I know he understands what is going on. I've talked to him about other issues such as pinching and he only does it more now--with a smile.
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