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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 301784" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Hi GoodNightMoon, welcome to our forum.</p><p> </p><p>Have you had any evaluations done on your little guy? Since you're seeing behaviors that are impacting functioning I'm thinking with a sibling already on the spectrum it would be a good idea to have a thorough evaluation on him done. I know you're tired and this isn't what you want to hear, but I've heard the statistic that if a family has one child on the spectrum the chances of subsequent siblings also being on the spectrum is 20&#37; (and that it goes up to 40% if they have two children on the spectrum). The other thing I can tell you is that every parent I've ever heard from who has more than one child on the spectrum says that they present in <strong>very </strong>different ways, often so much so that the parents frequently don't even suspect Autism in the younger sibs.</p><p> </p><p>The other thing I can tell you is that when a child is overwhelmed in the sensory area, it seems to spill over to everything. Is he getting Occupational Therapist (OT)?</p><p> </p><p>If you haven't already, you'll want to read through the thread at the top of this board about adapting Ross Greene's book The Explosive Child for young children. You might find some help with those contrary behaviors there.</p><p> </p><p>I'm sorry life is so hard right now. Most of us are dealing with one and know what a handful that is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 301784, member: 701"] Hi GoodNightMoon, welcome to our forum. Have you had any evaluations done on your little guy? Since you're seeing behaviors that are impacting functioning I'm thinking with a sibling already on the spectrum it would be a good idea to have a thorough evaluation on him done. I know you're tired and this isn't what you want to hear, but I've heard the statistic that if a family has one child on the spectrum the chances of subsequent siblings also being on the spectrum is 20% (and that it goes up to 40% if they have two children on the spectrum). The other thing I can tell you is that every parent I've ever heard from who has more than one child on the spectrum says that they present in [B]very [/B]different ways, often so much so that the parents frequently don't even suspect Autism in the younger sibs. The other thing I can tell you is that when a child is overwhelmed in the sensory area, it seems to spill over to everything. Is he getting Occupational Therapist (OT)? If you haven't already, you'll want to read through the thread at the top of this board about adapting Ross Greene's book The Explosive Child for young children. You might find some help with those contrary behaviors there. I'm sorry life is so hard right now. Most of us are dealing with one and know what a handful that is. [/QUOTE]
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