Son with PDD-NOS I need help.?

My son has PDD-NOS and he is 8 going on 9. My son does very strange things at time and I can not get through to him and explain how is behavior is not okay. When I say strange things I mean he like to touch is bottom-hole and not wash his hand. Talk to himself and make strange sounds. Every day he puts his his clothes on backwards. He walks around naked. He was in the bathroom today will his little brother was pooping. I asked him why and he tell me I don't know. He lies a lot and mostly about things he shouldn't. He spaces out and I am afraid that one day he will hurt himself or others around him. I try to reason with him and ask him why he does those things. I have had it and don't know what to do. Anyone with any advice please help. Any one who has a child with PDD-NOS does your child do those things too?Son with PDD-NOS I need help.?
My child has PDD-NOS too. It is one of several diagnoses that are on the Austim Spectrum. If you have not read it yet I would recomend reading "Look me in the Eye" by John Elder Robinson. Children with any form of Autism really don't understand why things are wrong, that they are wrong, what affect they may have on others, or how their actions can make others feel. Him touching his butt hole is most likey a sensory related activity. I would try to incourage more sensory activities such as playdough, playing with shaving cream, gak, slime, etc. if he will do them... my son won't get into any sensory activities with things like that but some children crave sensory. Talking to himself and making strange noises are completely normal with this diagnosis. I would just ignore those. When he walks around naked he does not know why this would be wrong because it is probably how he is most comfortable. Immediatly take him back to his room and help him put some clothing on. He does not know why he was in the bathroom with his little brother, but he should not be allowed to be. Have his brother lock the door . He is not lying... he most likely does not know why he does what he does because they have no idea why things are wrong. Children with PDD see things black and white with no inbetween. In his little head he might see things as right when they are wrong and there is really no changing it. I would suggest reading up more on PDD and other Autism Spectrum Disorders. Also another hint is that children with PDD do best on a schedule. I have a velcro picture schedule that I use daily with my son. I have pictures I found off the internet of every activity we possibly do including pictures of his school from his school website. I printed the pictures along with a word of what they are, cut them out, put velcro on the back, and put them into five envelopes such as daily activities, chores, no school day activities, active activities and outings. I put the sticky part of velco on his wall and made signs that say morning activities, afternoon activities, evening activities and chores. Also I made posters of his morning and evening routine that stay the same every day. At night before he goes to bed we do his chart for the next day. I have found that this even helps him sleep better because it lessons his anxiety. He behaves much better with the schedule too. One day last week we did not follow it because we were rearranging the house and he had a really hard time controlling his body that day. Our schedule was a little hard to get used to the first few days, but has really helped us alot and made our days easier.Son with PDD-NOS I need help.?
These two articles might help -one explaining exactly what pdd.nos is http://www.ehow.com/how_4998677_pddnos.h鈥?/a> and one explaining how to change behavior is children with autism (pdd.nos and autism are both types of PDD -pervasive developmental disorders and working with them would be the same) http://www.ehow.com/how_4917634_change-b鈥?/a>Son with PDD-NOS I need help.?
You really need to speak with your treating physician and try to find help with a support group.
totally normal for a child with PDD-NOS. It sounds to me like you need to find a psychiatrist and a psychologist to help you deal with his behaviors. My son is 13 and does most of those things. we are working with his medical team on changing his behavior.



touching his bottom and not washing his hands...explain to him that there are bad germs in his bottom and he can get very sick if he gets those germs in his mouth.



talking to himself and making noises...I think it just may be thier way of expressing thier imagination and of working through situations in thier head. Ask him to please go in another room to do this.



Putting his clothes on backwards...this could be related to sensory issues...explain to him that his friends are going to make fun of him if he does not have his clothes on the right way. You might even have to try putting your clothes on the wrong way to see if he "gets" the idea.



Walking around naked...tell him that it just is not an acceptable thing to do. He MUST have at least underwear on unless he is in his bedroom. This also might be a sensory issue. keeping his brother company in the bathroom...explain to him that most people do not like company when going to the bathroom, so he needs to stay out when someone else is in there.



Lying...my son still does it sometimes. He is punished for it each time.