Guest guest Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 well nathan doesnt hum but he echolalia's his shows and their sounds LOUDLY often, its very irriating sometimes we often have to remind him to quiet down shawna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I forgot to say, though it's probably obvious, if your child doesn't respond to social praise, and a lot of children with the autism piece don't, then try giving a tangible reward (which you would have ready to give him right away) when you catch him not humming. ---, 7, DS/ASD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 the chewy tubes work great for nathan as he use to chew up everrything but his food too, lol, as for the stimming for nathan several years back with the hlep of his biobehavioral team adn school consistency with us, we set up a program where he had to put his stimming (strings or danglies) objects away in his spot, and gets them out for each break etc to relax and stim away for he needs to do this, we started very small just had to do one tiny task eg: put peg in board, and then was offered a break or more work and if he chose break which he often did, lol he would get his stim,(getting out al lby him self out of his pocket or cubby or bag, where ever he choose to put it) and would get to stim for say 5minutes and wehn the timer went off he had to put it away and work again, we gradually increased the amount of work, and occasionally nathan will ask for a break and the teacher just says ok do this ( like finsh reading the page) and then you can take your break, and he goes gets his stuff out and when the timer goes off he puts it away without evena fuss or having to be told to. Remember it took a good 2years and lots of consistency to get to this point, its only a bad memory nowadays, and it works at home or in puplic too i just tell him to put away in his pocket or bag until were done shopping (and i usually let him get a toy or video or pop as reward) and then he gets them out in the car but often now he even asks in the car if he can get them out, eh will go " mom, string? " or 'oody " , they grow up sooo fast. hope this helps. shawna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Regarding humming. Olivia (7yr) seemed to start humming shortly after talking. It has been tough, really tough, at times because it can grate terribly on the nerves. She peaked between four to six years and I am so happy to say she is doing it less and less. We tried praise, negative consequence, dissertation, chewy sticks, a lot of stuff. The funny thing was it never bothered her brother and sisters very much. (I remember asking them about it and they said it was more annoying listening to us keep telling her to stop humming.) I wish I could tell you something that helped. It was really hard in church, at any movie or plays, anytime you needed quite. My only consolation is that she has been growing out of it in the last year. It is only half as much and she can come out of it easier. Good luck. Florence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 In a message dated 2/26/2005 7:40:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, his1mom@... writes: > When he starts to hum, his > teachers will take the bungy chord and put it in his mother and apply > pressure. He doesn't like it, so the teacher's say that he will stop > as soon as he see's it. It sounds abusive to me. Charlyne Mom to Zeb 12 DS/OCD/ASD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 --- It really does grate on the nerves! Yesterday we had to leave the movie theatre because it was so disruptive (or at least I thought it was disruptive). We have tried chewy tubes and other oral stims, along with holding his chin and telling him " No humming " but nothing seems to work. Right now his OT/PT recommended using a bungy chord. Every time he starts to hum in school or at home, we take the chord, put it in his mouth and apply pressure. It doesn't seem to be working though, but we will give it a couple of weeks. I am not crazy about the idea, but right now I am willing to try anything! I am glad that your daughter outgrew it, that gives us hope!!! Thanks! In , Flornce397@a... wrote: > Regarding humming. Olivia (7yr) seemed to start humming shortly after > talking. It has been tough, really tough, at times because it can grate terribly on > the nerves. She peaked between four to six years and I am so happy to say she > is doing it less and less. > We tried praise, negative consequence, dissertation, chewy sticks, a lot of > stuff. > The funny thing was it never bothered her brother and sisters very much. (I > remember asking them about it and they said it was more annoying listening to > us keep telling her to stop humming.) > I wish I could tell you something that helped. It was really hard in church, > at any movie or plays, anytime you needed quite. My only consolation is that > she has been growing out of it in the last year. It is only half as much and > she can come out of it easier. Good luck. Florence > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Ditto. Louise Re: Re: Humming In a message dated 2/26/2005 7:40:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, his1mom@... writes: > When he starts to hum, his > teachers will take the bungy chord and put it in his mother and apply > pressure. He doesn't like it, so the teacher's say that he will stop > as soon as he see's it. It sounds abusive to me. Charlyne Mom to Zeb 12 DS/OCD/ASD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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