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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 424924" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>His meltdowns are probably due to autistim. Autistic kids have a very low threshold for frustration and it is not their faults. They are wired differently than other kids and "normal" discipline does not work well on them. Is your son getting any interventions for the autism? Are you getting any help on how to live with him and understand him better?</p><p></p><p>I found that, when my son was still a toddler and still had meltdowns, the best way to deal with him was to put him in a quiet place without anything he could hurt himself on and let it play out until he was done. Sometimes I would talk gently to him. Sometimes that made it worse, but acting out, yelling, or spanking (which I only tried once) made things worse. I also altered my expectations of his behavior and, when he had to transition from one activity to another, would warn him way in advance and keep giving him warnings..."Sonic, dinner is in ten minutes." "Sonic, dinner is in five minutes." "Sonic, dinner is in two minutes." I also avoided taking him to overstimulating places such as shopping malls. The high sensory fallout at places like that would overwhelm him, which was not his fault. I would wait until hub got home to go.</p><p></p><p>I agree that ODD is pretty useless as a diagnosis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 424924, member: 1550"] His meltdowns are probably due to autistim. Autistic kids have a very low threshold for frustration and it is not their faults. They are wired differently than other kids and "normal" discipline does not work well on them. Is your son getting any interventions for the autism? Are you getting any help on how to live with him and understand him better? I found that, when my son was still a toddler and still had meltdowns, the best way to deal with him was to put him in a quiet place without anything he could hurt himself on and let it play out until he was done. Sometimes I would talk gently to him. Sometimes that made it worse, but acting out, yelling, or spanking (which I only tried once) made things worse. I also altered my expectations of his behavior and, when he had to transition from one activity to another, would warn him way in advance and keep giving him warnings..."Sonic, dinner is in ten minutes." "Sonic, dinner is in five minutes." "Sonic, dinner is in two minutes." I also avoided taking him to overstimulating places such as shopping malls. The high sensory fallout at places like that would overwhelm him, which was not his fault. I would wait until hub got home to go. I agree that ODD is pretty useless as a diagnosis. [/QUOTE]
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