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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 281956" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Hi Tinyto2005, welcome to our site. </p><p> </p><p>It's often a pretty bumpy road when you have a young, oppositional child who is on the spectrum. Having two on the spectrum definitely would make the going rougher since you have two children with issues interacting with each other on a daily basis. </p><p> </p><p>Are the speech and behavioral therapists you mention all through the school or are you paying those privately? I ask because as I was reading through your intro I thought it could really be of great help to you if an Autism consultant or behavioral therapist with experience in the area of Autism could come into your home and help you directly with these sibling issues after observing their interaction. A speech therapist working with both children together on sibling interaction would be another idea.</p><p> </p><p>With kids with these issues you really have to choose your battles. I would suggest getting a copy of The Explosive Child by Ross Greene and read the thread at the top of this board about adapting it to younger children. It will help you form a strategy, including stopping consequences that aren't working. </p><p> </p><p>Also I think it's important to give leeway when they are making forward progress, even if it doesn't look quite how you hoped for. To me, it's a really positive sign that he wants to play with a friend and ignore his sister. Most of us with younger sibs have to get them out of the way when they want to tag along with the older ones and friends--even with teens and preteens I still have to intervene on this. </p><p> </p><p>Again, welcome. It's often pretty quiet around here on summer weekends but others should be popping in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 281956, member: 701"] Hi Tinyto2005, welcome to our site. It's often a pretty bumpy road when you have a young, oppositional child who is on the spectrum. Having two on the spectrum definitely would make the going rougher since you have two children with issues interacting with each other on a daily basis. Are the speech and behavioral therapists you mention all through the school or are you paying those privately? I ask because as I was reading through your intro I thought it could really be of great help to you if an Autism consultant or behavioral therapist with experience in the area of Autism could come into your home and help you directly with these sibling issues after observing their interaction. A speech therapist working with both children together on sibling interaction would be another idea. With kids with these issues you really have to choose your battles. I would suggest getting a copy of The Explosive Child by Ross Greene and read the thread at the top of this board about adapting it to younger children. It will help you form a strategy, including stopping consequences that aren't working. Also I think it's important to give leeway when they are making forward progress, even if it doesn't look quite how you hoped for. To me, it's a really positive sign that he wants to play with a friend and ignore his sister. Most of us with younger sibs have to get them out of the way when they want to tag along with the older ones and friends--even with teens and preteens I still have to intervene on this. Again, welcome. It's often pretty quiet around here on summer weekends but others should be popping in. [/QUOTE]
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