Shouting [was Re: Staring]

[Guest guest]

My son's teacher compares voice volume to a radio dial. She uses a

scale of 1-6 with 1 being a whisper and 6 being a scream. It works

great for my son. When he is too loud I tell him 'you are talking in

a 5 and I need you to turn it down to a 3' and make a hand motion

like I am turning down the radio volume. Now he can even make

himself quieter if I just do the motion - which means I can cue him a

little less obviously in social situations.

Believe it or not a lot of kids Jack's all AS class have the opposite

problem - they are always too quiet!

Anne, Mom to Jack, 7.3, AS, DSI, ADD

> Has anyone figured out how to turn the volume

> down on an autistic child??