Help needed!!

HannahWilliams

I really could do with some ideas. My 4 year old (2 days ago) has a rare chromosome condition. He has developmental delay, is non mobile and non verbal. He attends a mainstream pre school with the support of a one to one. For the past couple of months he has taken to hitting and pinching his support worker over and over. As soon as he sees her or hears her name he hits out a the air or at her. It’s not that he doesn’t like her as he often gives her hugs, but he doesn’t do it for any other staff. He gets warnings and put in time out and all the sanctions that the other children get but none of them seem to make a difference. He seems sad when’s he is told off for it but will go right back to hitting again as soon as he is out of time out. We have tried using positive reinforcement,ent and encouraging kid hands instead of saying no hitting but he just will not stop. He has started dong the same thing to our dog and often to his dad. My worry is that if we cannot get this behaviour under control now then it may move onto hurting other children. Any help or advice very much welcomed!!!
thank you

ineedsleep

Sorry to hear of your troubles. Have the school offered anything to help.
have you tried a social story? School should be able to help you with that.

Ami2301

Hi @HannahWilliams welcome to the community !

Sorry to hear what has been happening!

Have you checked out Scope's tips on Challenging behaviorars? 

Hope this helps

Pippa_Alumni

Hi @HannahWilliams, and a warm welcome to the community!

Thanks for sharing this with us, it sounds like a challenging situation. Hopefully some of our other members will be able to advise, and the challenging behaviours page recommended by Ami may also be worth a read. Please do keep us updated, and I hope you see some positive progress soon.