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Need help with resources for a parent of a child with ASD

amykins1283amykins1283 member
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Long story short, one of the little boys in my pre-k class has an older brother (around 10 years old) who is autistic.  He is prone to rages and is very rough with other children (throwing things, tackling, hitting, etc.)  The younger brother, while not autistic, has a tendency to mimic these behaviors as his older brother is the model he has had for play behavior his entire life.  Basically, mom (who is a single parent on top of all this) is at the end of her rope and is having trouble controlling the boys at home.  The older one is big for his age and tends to become violent with both mom and older brother in addition to attempting to destroy parts of their apartment.  We are working with the family to try and get help for mom so I was wondering if anyone could tell me what kinds of help she could get at home with the boys.  Basically, we would love to find a program that would help her at home with controlling the boys and getting them some stability with a routine and whatnot and to take some of the pressure off of her to do everything for them.  It is getting pretty dire and we are worried about her mental health as well as her and the boys' safety.  Finances are an issue here so something either free or very inexpensive would be best.  We are located in GA if that helps. Thanks in advance!  

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Re: Need help with resources for a parent of a child with ASD

  • amykins1283amykins1283 member
    Thanks, auntie.  

    I guess I should have said that, so far, the younger brother's pediatrician does not suspect that he is on spectrum but we are all in agreement that there is some sort of underlying behavioral issue that we are trying to get to the bottom of.  It very well could be that he is also on spectrum just not as severe as his brother which makes him seem more typical.  

    His grandmother recently took him to a psychologist who told her that she needed to get him out of the house so younger brother is currently living with grandma while the older one is staying with mom.  We did not know the extent of the violence until this past Friday but grandma had already removed the younger one from the home.  The director of our program has said that if proper help is not maintained that she would not hesitate to get child services involved so for now they are keeping the boys separate until this is all figured out.  

    He is currently taking medication for the rages but dad is not on board and does not medicate when the boys are with him.  You are certainly correct that the older one could have a mood disorder on top of the ASD so I am going to mention this to our director.  The older child currently attends a public special education school but attends an integrated after school program with typical peers.  Our director is not sure how much longer he will be able to attend as he is becoming difficult to handle.  

    Thanks for all the info and the resources.  I'll do my research tonight and talk to my director in the morning.  

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  • ninamethew83ninamethew83 member

    Let the elder boy joined the program of PBIS. Positive Behavior Intervention and Support help the kids develop in the social and acidic ground. It helps them to build the personality from top to bottom. This program is specially conducted for kids' welfare. Many schools are working in this area. At first they trained the teachers in this program and then they execute it for the kids in school. You can seek his teacher about this. This program will also help the younger one and though he is small but he will learn so many things from the behavior of the old son. Hope this will help……

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