My child has been rejected by his peers, ridiculed and bullied !!!
Social rejection has devastating effects in many areas of functioning. Because the ASD child tends to internalize how others treat him, rejection damages self-esteem and often causes anxiety and depression. As the child feels worse about himself and becomes more anxious and depressed – he performs worse, socially and intellectually.
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How to Prevent Meltdowns in Children on the Spectrum
Meltdowns are not a pretty sight. They are somewhat like overblown temper tantrums, but unlike tantrums, meltdowns can last anywhere from ten minutes to over an hour. When it starts, the Asperger's or HFA child is totally out-of-control. When it ends, both you and your child are totally exhausted. But... don’t breathe a sigh of relief yet. At the least provocation, for the remainder of that day -- and sometimes into the next - the meltdown can return in full force.
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Parenting Defiant Teens on the Spectrum
Although Aspergers [high-functioning autism] is at the milder end of the autism spectrum, the challenges parents face when disciplining a teenager on the spectrum are more difficult than they would be with an average teen. Complicated by defiant behavior, the teen is at risk for even greater difficulties on multiple levels – unless the parents’ disciplinary techniques are tailored to their child's special needs.
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Older Teens and Young Adult Children with ASD Still Living At Home
Your older teenager or young “adult child” isn’t sure what to do, and he is asking you for money every few days. How do you cut the purse strings and teach him to be independent? Parents of teens with ASD face many problems that other parents do not. Time is running out for teaching their adolescent how to become an independent adult. As one mother put it, "There's so little time, yet so much left to do."
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Parenting Children and Teens with High-Functioning Autism
Two traits often found in kids with High-Functioning Autism are “mind-blindness” (i.e., the inability to predict the beliefs and intentions of others) and “alexithymia” (i.e., the inability to identify and interpret emotional signals in others). These two traits reduce the youngster’s ability to empathize with peers. As a result, he or she may be perceived by adults and other children as selfish, insensitive and uncaring.
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Highly Effective Research-Based Parenting Strategies for Children with Asperger's and HFA
Become an expert in helping your child cope with his or her “out-of-control” emotions, inability to make and keep friends, stress, anger, thinking errors, and resistance to change.
6 comments:
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What sometimes works is asking your kid to write everything he knows about the subject in an empty book or build a website about it (many aspies seem to enjoy coding!). Then when he or she has the urge to share and feels like they can't "hold it", they can share with the world through writing. And the parents can promise to read it later when they have time. It helps releave the pressure of feeling like its so important that they have to share it NOW.
My son is also an "eternal" thinker. He too tends to obsess on the same topics. What has helped in our home is for him to write his thoughts into his ever-present computer. Then when he feels the need to express himself, he accesses his paper and reads it to himself quietly. This also gives him the opportunity to update his thoughts.
Whoever said 'at least he won't hide anything from me' is being too naive. Children like this quickly develop the art of subterfuge in order to achieve their self led goals. Not to mentioned to keep the attention on themselves, including creating home wrecking dramas
Yes i agree. My son is exactly this way. Can't find any help
Hello. I am a 19 year old aspie. I was told that as a child I was extremely verbose but it dwindled with age because of ostracism. However, a solution would be to ask him to write his thoughts. (Paper and computer are equally good stims.)
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