Liz

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Liz, What is a TSS? It does not matter if Tori has or has not had

this behavior at school. School is can still help with life/life

skills and they should be experts in behaviors.I am glad to know

you have someone with you but will that last forever? Cyndi

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> Cyndi: We have a TSS here every morning from 9-12 and he is a

life saver.

> The school hasn't had the issue of hitting, biting, etc. yet.

Their only

> problem is getting her to walk and not pull her " rubber legs "

stunt on them.

> We are now even more fortunate, that we have a TSS on Sat. for a

few hours

> which gives me a little break because usually the weekends are the

toughest.

>

> Liz

> Re: Need advice

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> > Liz, Hi I know exactly what you are going through as I have faced

> > this with many many times.Have you tried to contact the

school

> > for suggestions? Do they have a resource teacher that could come

to

> > your house in the morning to help you? When I let my sons school

> > know the morning problems we were having they offered to help

have

> > someone come to my house to help with transtioning.What about

> > therapist that come to the home have you " asked " for help in the

> > morings? Did you get my last post? I believe like you the kids

want

> > something when biting, scratching, etc. We just have to figure

out

> > what. has not bitten me or anyone else in years. But he did

for

> > awhile when he was about (6) years old.Don't go this alone let

all

> > the professional know this is a priority and you and your child

need

> > help. Let me know if I can help from afar. Cyndi

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> >> Unfortunately, she was aggressive prior to meds. That is one of

> > the reasons we started them. I think because she is getting

bigger

> > (a whole 32 lbs.) she is getting stronger, and it feels more

> > aggressive. However, she seems to be trying to bite more often

when

> > we don't react to the other aggressive behaviors. I understand

the

> > real need to ignore these behaviors, but she really hurts! I am

> > bruised on my legs and on my hand & arms between the kicking and

the

> > pinching & scratching. I've attempted to pinch her back, she

whines

> > a little and then does it again-so we know that doesn't work.

> > Fortunately, she has not started acting out like this in school,

and

> > God I hope she doesn't. She just refuses to walk. Out of 15

> > attempts yesterday, she managed to walk to a destination 4 times

> > there. Today she managed 10 out of 15.

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> >> Liz

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