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Self-Injurious Behavior

After conversing with an adult on twitter who is on the autism spectrum with self-injurious tendencies, I elected to step away a moment from detailing my Cub’s journey of diagnosis and resulting emotional aftermat…
Book Review: Dietary Interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Dietary Interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Why They Work When They Do, Why They Don’t When They Don’t. By Kenneth J. Aitken Available from JKP and Amazon. There is a great deal to praise about this…
Bad Behaviour

The Boy's TAC meeting took place on Wednesday. We have once more met, the group of health professionals that work or have worked with The Boy, as well as myself, the school SENco, his class teacher and myself. This t…
Disciplining Your Autistic Child

An autistic child may throw tantrum or behave aggressively when he is disappointed or frustrated as other children do. But he is not doing it intentionally, because as an autistic child, he is unable to understand tha…
Please Help! - GF/CF diet

I'm looking at going onto a gluten free/casein free diet to see if it will help with behavioral problems. What kinds of foods can I eat, and what should I avoid? I'm thinking rice milk or soy milk will be safe, as well…
Trying to understand him

Close to a month ago, I got called into Joshs school. He was having what they referred to as “Behavioral issues” and needed to talk. He was plain and simple, being a brat to the other kids. We talked a few m…
A Brat or A Behavior Disorder?

I knew Jaylen was different by the time he was 6 months old. By one year of age he did not connect with us, was often in his own little world, and was hooked on repetitive actions. At 16 months, when he was still n…
Self Injurious Behaviour

There are many forms of self injurious behaviour (SIB). C has tried lots over the years, biting, scratching, pinching, eye poking, hair pulling to name a few but non have worked so well for him as banging his head. No…
It's just a phase, he'll grow out of it.

I finally understand that phrase. Ryan goes through phases - usually a period of several weeks of intense repetition of some bizarre behavior - and then one day I'll realize, Oh, he hasn't done that in days. And it's…
Special Education Students and Classrooms

Last week, Ofsted released into the wild “A Statement is Not Enough”, a new report addressing whether the needs of SEN pupils are being met. It transpires that, in their view, they’re not. The report…