Autistic Agression
Unfortunately one of the most common problems reported in autistic teenagers is aggression.
The aggression whether it is physical or verbal can be directed at anything or anyone, and quite often out of the blue.
It is very distressing as a parent or autistic educator to find coping strategies and support sometimes, autistic aggression although very common in autistic teenagers is still never the less difficult to understand sometimes and can leave you feeling almost helpless.
Autistic educators need to be aware of the affect on the adolescents also in the class and parents of cause need to be weary of how the aggression is affecting the entire family.
If the autistic aggression is severe the G.P. will prescribe medication such as Risperidone.
Report summary:
Maisie a 16 year old autistic adolescent was struggling with aggressive outburst when her favorite TV program ended which was affecting the entire family. Maisie’s mother sought help through her O.T and was given an autism social story to implement.
The affect was excellent to say the very least, Maisie responded well to the social skills story and was soon able to control and manage the time after her favorite program on the TV ended.
The entire family became calmer and soon Maisie was reported to be in control of her aggression.
This is a typical outcome after autism social skills stories are introduced to combat behaviors demonstrated by autistic adolescents.
Maisie is not unique nor is her story, by using autism social skills stories to benefit their teenager Maisie’s parents are now not stressed about Maisie watching TV.
There are plenty of autism social skills stories around which can be used and adapted to suit personal needs.
An excellent resource of sites offering excellent pictorially rich social skills stories designed specifically for the autistic and asperger adolescents are at:
www.autismsocialstories.com/autistic_teens
www.autismsocialstories.com/asperger_adolescents
Download autism social skills stories for help to control autistic aggression visit one of the above sites.
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