Guest guest Posted December 29, 2001 Report Share Posted December 29, 2001 Hello all, I have a couple questions for the list. I am an in-home therapist for two sisters. One 5 1/2 moderate to severe the other 6 1/2 mild to moderate (PDD). We have tried on many occassions to use time-out with the older less severe girl and it only seems to escalate her to having a total and complete melt down. She melts down to the point where we just cann't get her out of it. Can anyone give me any suggestions on how to make time-outs work more effectivly or any other behavioral interventions we may use, such as cause & effect or anything else. Another issue we face is in some of her communication, that relates to behaviors is the way she talks to people when she wants something and is upset about it. She will often times yell at us or use a rude tone of voice. If we try to redirect this with, " it hurts my fellings when you talk like that, or you aren't using nice words " , it seems all she hears is blaa blaa blaa. Any suggestions on how we can work on this. simply witholding the demand may work but, it leads once again to a complete and total meltdown that she cann't be pulled out of. Last question does anyone know of a website that has behavior pictures instead of just nouns. Maybe something that is more action oriented. Thanks in advance for any suggestion. You can email me privately cassondracrouch@... Cassy Crouch _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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