Guest guest Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 We with through spitting with both of my boys who have autism spectrum disorders. The older one spit as a toddler - on people's legs, etc. He also played with his spit like it was gum or something. He was easy to redirect onto a new task. (He has mild ASD). My younger son, who has moderate ASD, was spitting in 2nd/3rd grade - because he knew it would drive the teacher crazy. He is very good at that...having had a very OCD teacher. I went to a seminar about " Junk Behaviors " (behaviors done merely to get a reaction), and talked to her about my son's " junk' behavior and how he did it to upset her. She was not very responsive.... Giggle. We talked about ignoring, consequences, etc. He was given 25 sentences to type whenever he didn't keep his " mouth to himself " . He eventually got tired of typing his sentences, but I do know his motivation was to get a reaction from her.... Hang in there.... Pearce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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