Help!!! Autistic son...I need tips on disciple.?

My husband and I just found out that our beautiful 6yr old son is mildly Autistic..(PDD-NOS). We are doing our best to deal and tighten up on his schedule so that he feels safe in the predictablity of his environment. We are having difficulty with disciple now. He completely ignores my husband, so that is really hard hard on me constantly having to disciple and what not. It doesnt help that his daddy (my husband) is active army and gone for long streches of time. please any advice from others going thru this would be GREATLY appreciated.Help!!! Autistic son...I need tips on disciple.?
I don't have a lot of time to answer this this morning, sorry! But, Autism is my specialty area. I am a certified, special education teacher, developmental therapist in early intervention. I am working on getting my credentials to become a certified behavior specialist. email me if you need specifics on behavior. I may can help! I could write all day about this. my email is skhart03@sbcglobal.net Let me know what his behaviors are, what discipline is like, what kinds of things he likes, how functional he is and what you use as far as a structured schedule. If you don't get your answers. I am NOT a parent yet, so I can't give you answers from that standpoint and haven't experienced autism from a parent's standpoint of view, but I can offer suggestions that have worked with past clients in their home. Good Luck.
I have a 3 yro moderately autistic son. I think the best answer is to have your husband discipline the EXACT same way that you do..right down to the words he uses and voice tone. Lay out specific disciplines for his current misbehaviors. Write it out..exactly what will occur when he does what behavior. As you know, consistency is very important with autistic children. You son will soon find it does not matter rather mom or dad is doing the disciplining it is the same. Just make sure while he is learning this that you both are doing discipline equally when your husband is home. That way your son doesn't think he has the upper hand with either parent.

Good luck!Help!!! Autistic son...I need tips on disciple.?
we have the same problem with are three year old...but what i notice is when my husband wants something done he either repeats what he wants or says way to many words and when i tell my daughter what i show her i talk directly to the point and i also use a different tone and i give her time to responed and my husband is now trying my method and he is getting happier and seeing that she will now somewhat listen to him....
DEAR



MISS



I AM VERY SO SORRY ABOUT HUSBAND THE ARMY OK LOVE AND PRAYER'S OK



SET YOUR SON ON THE SOFA AND LOOK AT HIM FACE TO FACE AND ASK QUESTIONS ON THIS MATTER OK



MAYBE HE IS TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING AND HE IS SO MAD THAT ARE NOT GET WHAT HE IS TRYING TO TELL YOU ARE YOU ARE CATCHING WHAT HE



TRYING TO SAY OK IF DEAR THIS IS VERY BIG PROBLEM SCENTS HIS FATHER IS IN THE ARMY AND



DOES NOT THINK HE IS NOT COMING HOME AND HE IS HAVING NIGHTMARES ARE NIGHT TARES OK THIS IS A REALLY PROBLEM CHILDREN OK



MAYBE YOU NEED TO LET HIM SLEEP IN THE BED WITH YOU UNTIL YOUR HUSBAND COMES HOME UNLESS



YOU ARE LIVING ON THE BASE DEAR YOU DID NOT SAY THAT ARE NOT SO I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO TELL WITH OUT THAT LISTED OK



BUT DO NOT SPANK HIM



I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS IN THE SERVICES ALL OF THEM SO I DO KNOW WHAT THE MOTHER AND FATHERS ARE GOING THROUGH OK



WITH HIS FATHER GONE HIS MIND IS FIGHTING ITS ON BATTLE OK PLEASE REMEBER THAT OK



DEAR IF HE COULD WRITE HIS FATHER A LETTER THIS MIGHT HELP YOU OUT SOME OK



IF THIS DOES NOT HELP THEN RE TAKE TO THE DOCTOR FOR MORE ANSWERS OK







PEACE AND LOVE FROM MY HEART

I HOPED THIS HELPS YOU OK



AND GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS

AND YOUR HUSBAND DEAR



WHO KEEPS US ALL FREE IN THIS COUNTRY

WITH OUT THEM WE WOULD NOT BE FREE



WE OLD OUR LIFES TO THEM OK



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best would be to get in touch with the Autism society in your area. They would be best to help you
Hi! I am 26 years old and I was diagnosed with PDDNOS myself at age 15. So I grew up not knowing what was "wrong" with me. I found that I often did not understand 'why' I was being disciplined because I did not know social rules. I use to hit and slap other kids to see the reactions because I did not connect that every person I hit would probably cry or get mad at me. So you should sit down and explain to him what he is doing wrong, WHY it is wrong and then apply the punishment if necessary.



Neurotypical people(non autistic people) seem to have this innate, unconscious ability to pick up signals from people's faces. Mainly in areas around the eyes and eyebrows. An autistic child often doesn't have this ability. Some may not even know when an adult is angry at them. I compensate for this by paying attention to a person's tone of voice and people who are mad tend to tighten their lips(I look at lips, not eyes), but this can be hard if the person has facial hair.



Anyway, if the boy is having a meltdown the worst thing you can do is yell since it will just be noise to him.