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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 99028" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Interesting ideas Terry. We have worked with the repetitive motions with ALL of the kids for years. With difficult child we started asking him to stop the repetitive motion. For a while we had to tell him what motion he was doing. He did not seem to realize it was happening until we said something.</p><p></p><p>After about a year we could ask him what he was repeating. After a while it evolved to simply saying "repetitive motion". Most of the time we don't even look at him. In the last 2 years he will start, then stop and say "Oops, sorry".</p><p></p><p>I know that it helped him greatly to be able to go into his room and do whatever he wanted. If we/his grandparents are in HIS room, we do not ask him to stop unless he is hurting himself (picking scabs, primarily). He knows that in his room he is free to do the motions if they do not help him. HAving this area where we "respect" his right to this made him much more willing to stop when he is in our room or a common family area.</p><p></p><p>When he was younger, and at this point with thank you, we sometimes have him do the behavior for a solid minute, or five minutes - just enough to get tired of it. He was able to learn what he wanted to continue, and to sort of get it out of his system.</p><p></p><p>Can I ask how much video game time you limit him to? Just curious, because I know parents who think 10 mins a day is enough, some who think 2 hours a day or more is enough. I can say we let them have 30 mins of TV time or game time on school days. We may also watch a family show, but videos and video games are limited. thank you often takes his as soon as he gets home from school. Then he quite willingly turns off the TV and does his homework and 30 mins of reading. We usually have to pull him OUT of the book if we need him to do something! </p><p></p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 99028, member: 1233"] Interesting ideas Terry. We have worked with the repetitive motions with ALL of the kids for years. With difficult child we started asking him to stop the repetitive motion. For a while we had to tell him what motion he was doing. He did not seem to realize it was happening until we said something. After about a year we could ask him what he was repeating. After a while it evolved to simply saying "repetitive motion". Most of the time we don't even look at him. In the last 2 years he will start, then stop and say "Oops, sorry". I know that it helped him greatly to be able to go into his room and do whatever he wanted. If we/his grandparents are in HIS room, we do not ask him to stop unless he is hurting himself (picking scabs, primarily). He knows that in his room he is free to do the motions if they do not help him. HAving this area where we "respect" his right to this made him much more willing to stop when he is in our room or a common family area. When he was younger, and at this point with thank you, we sometimes have him do the behavior for a solid minute, or five minutes - just enough to get tired of it. He was able to learn what he wanted to continue, and to sort of get it out of his system. Can I ask how much video game time you limit him to? Just curious, because I know parents who think 10 mins a day is enough, some who think 2 hours a day or more is enough. I can say we let them have 30 mins of TV time or game time on school days. We may also watch a family show, but videos and video games are limited. thank you often takes his as soon as he gets home from school. Then he quite willingly turns off the TV and does his homework and 30 mins of reading. We usually have to pull him OUT of the book if we need him to do something! Susie [/QUOTE]
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