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Sometimes these behaviors are due to frustration regarding her inability to communicate her wants and needs. Try a communication board with some pictures of common items like food, drink, and toys. Also, teach her some basic signs. We started with leading and pointing and then moved on to adding the sign for the requested item. This should help.
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As bad as it sounds we've found ignoring my boy doing that has stopped the bad behaviour. He knows he won't get a rise out of us and the meltdowns have stopped for now
@Amy It depends on the function of the behavior. There are 4: Attention, escape, access, and automatic. If it's attention, then ignoring the behavior could be helpful, but for the other 3 reasons it could be detrimental.
When you restrain have her back to your body to avoid biting. As for communicating have you tried sign language? It's how I talk with one of my twins, he was all non verbal but is slowly starting to use his words. My boy is also undiagnosed and especially recently has been having the worst meltdowns that could last for hours, it is exhausting. But you are not alone
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@Rachael she’s waiting for further genetic testing which was referred by the paediatrician but we’ve waited 6 months so far. we pay for a private speech therapist as the nhs free one cannot help us as they do not have enough staff to be able to help anymore. Thank you so much ❤️😭😭xx
@Sadé thank you for your help, she does know some signs but mainly screams to communicate and will not use them. I do have a visual board but she doesn’t take much notice of any pictures no matter how hard I’ve tried. Xx
@Ally thank you for your message, I was trying to avoid her hitting me or pulling my hair so had her facing my chest, she’s never bitten me before, it was definitely a very painful surprise 😮. She does know some sign language but mainly chooses to scream to communicate. It really is exhausting, just wish there was a way we can help reduce the meltdowns or try to avoid them happening xx
@Parker 又 thank you for this, really appreciate it xx
Ur daughter might be level 3 but wat my daughter teacher told me was we have to explain things to her when we gonna do things so she won't have an attack because they don't like having a changed schedule
Have you started the process to get her tested or has your ped referred you to a behavioral tech. and/or speech therapist, etc? If not, it is never too soon and I would start immediately. I’m so sorry you’re going through this mama. I dont have any advice but I hope you find some resolutions for the sake of you both soon🤍🙏