I need ideas to help my 5 year old son with autism to sit at the table with us during meals?
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Any ideas are appreciated!
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my daughter is 12 & autistic. some things that worked for us was to turn on the radio in the kitchen at meal time& give her a little more space at the table, also i bought placemats with favorite characters of hers on them. any small item or book could also be used- my daughter doesn't sit long due to a short attention span. ultimately, there are still days when she wants to be on her own- so i bought a small table that is just for her. now she has her space & our family can all have a meal (at least in the same room) without the behavior problems.i hope this has helped!good luck!
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you could offer him a little reward for being good at the table.
And you could also take away toys and sweets if he doesn't obey.
I heard that with autistic children it is effective to calmly but insistently repeat a request until it is carried out. No getting upset or raising voice. My mum used to do it when the son of one of her work colleagues kept coming behind her desk at work. She just said,
'' Tommy, could you please go and sit on the other side of the desk'' again and again until he obeyed.
sit with him. go where he wants to go. interact with him dont force him to interact with you. it will only make it worse. Talk to a good Therapist.
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I have heard about many places that help autistic children on the internet. They could help him. If that doesn't work, try making sitting with you fun for him. Also, you could try rewarding him if he does it right. My cousin is autistic, so I know that it will work eventually;)
See if you can find out if something specific is bothering him. (noises of clinking plates and silver, reflections off glasses, ceiling fan spinning around, etc. ) That would be my first step. Are there any foods that he particularly likes? Or doesn't like?
If you can identify something, remove the offending stimulus. Tell him that you took it away and you won't have it at the table any more. Switch to paper plates, whatever is necessary. This may take a little detective work and trying different things; don't expect to find it out right away unless you alrady have an idea. Good luck!
you need to have a specialist come for at least 8 hrs to train him and another thing is that his Brain needs to learn how to connect on to the other side you have to have patience and be on him at all time you need to hold his chin and keep asking him the same question over and over he needs special care and you can do it by yourself if you want him to sit down at the table try telling him until he gets it but anyway you need to make sure he can connect what you are asking him ....take care of him please because this kind of problem can get worse and he wont get better the specialist will help you to teach him ...
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i have worked with a lot of kids and usually they get better fast so make sure you teach him how to use his other side of the brain so he can get it .
I have a 5 yr old as well she has adhd and won't sit at the table either.I don't know a whole lot about autism but what we did was we had her pick out a small table of her own. one of those plastic one with the picture on it that seemed to work very well. shes not at the table with us but she not running around any more and she love her special table.sry i couldn't help more
Autism is a very unique state of mind but ways are found to interact with people afflicted with this problem.
Autism in my opinion is a limited ability for brain function in all areas to prosper normally.
Children with autism seem to be locked into a particular behavioral mode; however, there are many objects that are preferable, interesting, and excitable to them.
Once these preferences are identified thay may be used to elicit more proper behavior to unwanted activities by these children.
As mentioned above this may have to be an appreciated reward for compliance to a particular request of action.
Much else is beyond my abilities to offer; however, a behavioral scientist may be of enormous assistance.
There are many universities that concentrate study in this area and they may also be a good resource for the welfare of the child and the family.
North Texas University in Denton, Texas used to have a very efficient and productive program in this area of science. Jose
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my little brother has autism and he hardly eats at the table but a way me make him eat at the table is fix him the food he like or threat that we will take his toys or something
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