A Day Without Hitting - Hip Hip Hooray!
A whole day… and no hitting!!!
Wow, we can hardly believe it ourselves!!
After a couple of really productive appointments over the last week (with Jack’s speech pathologist and then with the counsellor from our State Autism Organisation) we feel like we are flying high today.
We have been working really hard on finding ideas and strategies to deal with Jack’s aggression (which stems from his anxiety) and over the last few days we have finally started to try some new things out. We have also started Jack on a herbal tonic that is used to help calm and balance his moods (more about this at another time if we see some valuable results).
This week started with a couple of really difficult and challenging days (that left us feeling quite stressed out and worried), but we are so excited to report that yesterday Jack only had to be reminded about personal space once at school, and that today at home (and as far as we know at school) he has not physically hit out once!
Early days we know, and things will definitely be up and down… but for today we are celebrating… and giving heaps of praise (and Jack is proudly displaying his special stickers that he earned for his fantastic behaviour).
Hip Hip Hooray… no hitting today!
February 15th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Yay :: happy dancing ::
A huge step. Well done everyone.
February 15th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Well done Jack!
And well done you two for trying different things!
February 15th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
They finally made it easy to post comments from my Treo!
This is a big step for Jack! way to go! We have less hitting but we still have threateninq to hit to contend with…
February 15th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Stickers are a great and powerful thing!
No hitting? Hooray. Very well done.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Zach’s anxiety is handled by a drug - Buspar. I suppose if I had read up on Buspar before hand, I might have questioned the Doctor about prescribing it - but we trust our Doctor (and did at the time, too) . It’s a very light dose, but it has worked wonders for Zach. It transformed him so completely that his teachers noticed the difference the first day he was on Buspar and in school. I hope you can find an herbal solution - many of these issues are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain and are, therefore, amenable to chemical solutions. Let us know how the herbal solution works. I would like to know so that, perhaps, one day we can get Zach off of Buspar.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Wow! Congratulations! That is absolutely fantastic. Hoping many more “hit free” days are coming!
February 16th, 2008 at 3:45 am
Wonderful!!!
February 16th, 2008 at 4:06 am
Hooray! It’s nice when you have a step in the right direction!
February 16th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
I am so happy for you guys! Sounds like you are working hard to reduce the hitting. Very good work. M went through a few years of aggression like that. I know how hard it is to work through that.
February 17th, 2008 at 4:06 am
Terrific news!!
February 17th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
That’s great news. I’m so happy for all of you.
February 19th, 2008 at 2:38 am
It sounds like you both are making terrific progress on Jack’s behavior. Glad Jack is responding well to your efforts. He definitely deserved those stickers. : ) Keep up the good work.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Way to go Jack! : ) That’s fabulous Elissa - days like that make it all worth it : )
February 23rd, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Good job Jack! I wish you more days of no hitting!