Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 >>>>>>But not nice peaceful stimming like lining up books....she is slamming doors and getting into everything. <<<<<<<<<< Is slamming doors considered stimming? Mark does this all the time. He will go into the porch slam the door, then open the door and make a funny noise and slam it shut again. He will do this over and over and over. It gets so annoying. Tina W _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 > Is slamming doors considered stimming? Mark does this all the time. He will go into the porch slam the door, then open the door and make a funny noise and slam it shut again. He will do this over and over and over. It gets so annoying. Tina W < ANYTHING that is repeated nonstop can be considered a stim :-/ " Something important to remember...we'll always be who we are. " - Mr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 Yup. Definetly stimming. It is irritating. I actually think it is sort of cute when she lines things up and it is QUIET. Slamming the doors is not peaceful, it is irritating. Especially when it is constant. Today it has been the phone. She will not leave me be. She keeps bringing me things to use for a phone and then I must put it to my ear and say hello. No matter what. Sometimes she brings me stuff like a straw or a book or whatever and sometimes the real phone. In fact she just now disconnected me because she is playing with the phone. Grrrrrr.... But there are worse things....... Tamara --- Tina Woelfel wrote: > >>>>>>But not nice peaceful stimming > like lining up books....she is slamming doors and > getting into everything. <<<<<<<<<< > > Is slamming doors considered stimming? Mark does > this all the time. He > will go into the porch slam the door, then open the > door and make a funny > noise and slam it shut again. He will do this over > and over and over. It > gets so annoying. > > Tina W > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: > http://mobile.msn.com > > ===== Tamara mom to : Ebony, 4 yrs -- asd, ADHD, bi-polar , 1 year wife to: Terry, love of my life __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 > Is slamming doors considered stimming? Mark does this all the time. He > will go into the porch slam the door, then open the door and make a funny > noise and slam it shut again. He will do this over and over and over. It > gets so annoying. > As well it should. Anything they perseverate on is a self-stimulatory behaviour. There are two schools of thought about stims, and the one I subscribe to is: squash them. Turn them into something else. Sabotage, interfere, mess with them...do what you can to distract him from stimming. Try anything to turn it into an interaction, even if that interaction is him screaming at you because you messed up the stim. The first thing that pops into mind for me with slamming doors is to drop a stuffed animal between the door and the jamb, so when he slams it, it hits the animal. Then you could yell, " oh mi gosh, pooky got squished! let's take him to the doctor! " or some such drivel. He'll hate you for it at first, but he just might end up getting caught up in YOUR game! Or, you could stand on the other side of the door and yell peekaboo every time he opens it. A good book to read that talks about how to turn stims into play is called The Child With Special Needs by Stanley Greenspan. His approach is called Floortime, and at the beginning centres around how to get involved with your child's stims and make them a play opportunity. You can also do a web search on floortime and come up with some pretty good sites! Jacquie --the anti-stimming nazi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2002 Report Share Posted June 14, 2002 LOL and as Jacquie is " the anti-stimming nazi " I am just the opposite.LOL I (jacquieH) let my boys stim to their hearts content at home unless it is driving me crazy. By that I mean the slamming the door thing would drive me crazy. But as for spinning and repeating most sounds and such I just let it be. Eventually almost all of the boys' stims go away and some are replaced with new ones but most are just gone. Whatever works for you. Jacquie H > > > Is slamming doors considered stimming? Mark does this all the time. He > > will go into the porch slam the door, then open the door and make a funny > > noise and slam it shut again. He will do this over and over and over. It > > gets so annoying. > > > > > As well it should. Anything they perseverate on is a self- stimulatory > behaviour. There are two schools of thought about stims, and the one I > subscribe to is: squash them. Turn them into something else. Sabotage, > interfere, mess with them...do what you can to distract him from stimming. > Try anything to turn it into an interaction, even if that interaction is him > screaming at you because you messed up the stim. > > The first thing that pops into mind for me with slamming doors is to drop a > stuffed animal between the door and the jamb, so when he slams it, it hits > the animal. Then you could yell, " oh mi gosh, pooky got squished! let's > take him to the doctor! " or some such drivel. He'll hate you for it at > first, but he just might end up getting caught up in YOUR game! Or, you > could stand on the other side of the door and yell peekaboo every time he > opens it. > > A good book to read that talks about how to turn stims into play is called > The Child With Special Needs by Stanley Greenspan. His approach is called > Floortime, and at the beginning centres around how to get involved with your > child's stims and make them a play opportunity. You can also do a web > search on floortime and come up with some pretty good sites! > > Jacquie > --the anti-stimming nazi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2002 Report Share Posted June 15, 2002 > LOL and as Jacquie is " the anti-stimming nazi " I am just the > opposite.LOL I (jacquieH) let my boys stim to their hearts content at > home unless it is driving me crazy. As always, darlin, you are a braver and more patient woman than I! ;-) Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2002 Report Share Posted June 15, 2002 I do the same thing. Unless Rya is makig me nuts, I let him stim. " To be nobody-but-yourself - in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. " - E.E. Cummings , mom to , 4, AS, ADHD; and , 2, NT Re: What a crappy Day LOL and as Jacquie is " the anti-stimming nazi " I am just the opposite.LOL I (jacquieH) let my boys stim to their hearts content at home unless it is driving me crazy. By that I mean the slamming the door thing would drive me crazy. But as for spinning and repeating most sounds and such I just let it be. Eventually almost all of the boys' stims go away and some are replaced with new ones but most are just gone. Whatever works for you. Jacquie H > > > Is slamming doors considered stimming? Mark does this all the time. He > > will go into the porch slam the door, then open the door and make a funny > > noise and slam it shut again. He will do this over and over and over. It > > gets so annoying. > > > > > As well it should. Anything they perseverate on is a self- stimulatory > behaviour. There are two schools of thought about stims, and the one I > subscribe to is: squash them. Turn them into something else. Sabotage, > interfere, mess with them...do what you can to distract him from stimming. > Try anything to turn it into an interaction, even if that interaction is him > screaming at you because you messed up the stim. > > The first thing that pops into mind for me with slamming doors is to drop a > stuffed animal between the door and the jamb, so when he slams it, it hits > the animal. Then you could yell, " oh mi gosh, pooky got squished! let's > take him to the doctor! " or some such drivel. He'll hate you for it at > first, but he just might end up getting caught up in YOUR game! Or, you > could stand on the other side of the door and yell peekaboo every time he > opens it. > > A good book to read that talks about how to turn stims into play is called > The Child With Special Needs by Stanley Greenspan. His approach is called > Floortime, and at the beginning centres around how to get involved with your > child's stims and make them a play opportunity. You can also do a web > search on floortime and come up with some pretty good sites! > > Jacquie > --the anti-stimming nazi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2002 Report Share Posted June 15, 2002 Jacquie, not braver or more patient just crazier! LOL I can easily ignore things like that and of course certin stims drive me crazy and I have to put an end to them but for the most part I just let them be.But for us it works and I think that is the main thing. It has to work for you. I am too lazy to try and end all stims! Jacquie H > > > > LOL and as Jacquie is " the anti-stimming nazi " I am just the > > opposite.LOL I (jacquieH) let my boys stim to their hearts content at > > home unless it is driving me crazy. > > As always, darlin, you are a braver and more patient woman than I! ;-) > > Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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