What are ways that you deal with your childs autism when they re having a bad day, or melt down.?

Question

I have a soon to be 3 yr old, and need sanity saving ideas!!!! Besides rocking and holding > he doesn't like noises and hates my singing ha ha ha any ideas i would also like books that u want to recomend me to read or information or knowledge that you have , thank god for patients. good luck every one and thanks for the input

Answer 1

One of my cousins has a 11 year old with autism , she has done a lot of research about it . She said that one of the best things that has worked for her is getting a trampoline for her son . She said also they say thing a swing set is good. I told my sis which has a 6 year old with autism and she said it does help him . But if you do get a trampoline make sure you get a the safety things to go with it especially the net since your boy is 3.

Answer 2

I wait for my son to calm down and then I talk softly in a soothing voice and listen to his side of the story and then make up my mind from there.

Answer 3

kids with autism need there space I have cebral possy and I'm 15 I don't like being touched and kids with autism don't like alot noise just try to get him ust to a lot so it doesn't scare him/her

Answer 4

Here's some links I found that might be of some help.

http://www.heptune.com/tantrum.html

This is a page that deals with handling tantrums. However, the methods used for dealing with tantrums here can work on handling a PDD meltdown, as well as the more 'typical' tantrum. I suggest it as a read, to give you ideas for handling it.

http://www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/art...

Another page about handling tantrums/meltdowns.

http://momofautistic.proboards30.com/ind...

An autistic support group: this is a posting that details specifically the autistic meltdown and what to do. It will help you tell whether you are looking at meltdowns or tantrums, and give an idea of how to handle them both with a PDD child.

http://www.edarticle.com/special-educati...

Again, they term it a tantrum, but this is far more about the meltdowns that an ASD child can have and what a parent can do.

Answer 5

I have worked years with autistic children.  Autistic children are best "headed off" from overload.  Think preventative.  Offer planned and scheduled breaks or "child controlled" times between unpleasant activities or "mom controlled" ones.  

Visual pictures or photos of the unpleasant task and then the reward-enjoyment coming after are helpful.  Visuals work much better than oral language with many autistic children.    

I had one child who liked to sit in a quiet cardboard barrel and gently tap his head until he was calm.  Another child like to get lost in his own stories and if left alone "self-soothed" very well.  Sometimes running fingers through something pleasurable like beads, or hair, or soft material will soothe.  Some children enjoy the control and visual stimulation of a rewarding computer program or animated DVD.  

Limit confusion or over stimulation.  Try to arrange your own out and about tasks to be done alone--noise and stimulation in stores, malls, etc. can be excrutiating on autistic children.  Give them predictable, unchanging, well-maintained, simple, logical surroundings as you can and then allow them to face change with immediate comfort and self-soothing options they can calm with.  Good luck.

Answer 6

Last year I had a five year old student with autism and we would use bean bags or a lap pad for pressure and sound blocking head phones to block out extra noises. Just remember that he can't block anything out from any of his senses as easily as we can, so turning off or down the lights, getting rid of noises, and being in a very familiar environment. My student loved curious george and would always look at that book when he got overloaded. It also helped him to do something physical. Swinging really helped him a lot, and most high functioning children with autism who I have known have also loved to swing. Hope this helps!!! Children like yours are really a treasure, but they take a lot of patience and love. It's sure worth it though!