So what do you do when your normally well-behaved child suddenly starts acting up at home and in school? No, it's not the terrible twos or the terrible teens; or even the terrible tweens.
Tyler's almost 8, and we got a call from his school today saying he'd gotten himself in some trouble. I won't go into the details of what happened, but sufficeth to say he engaged in some behavior that is totally out of character, and as I mentioned, got him in a good deal of trouble at school.
Now, being Autistic, Tyler isn't always able to communicate clearly or effectively, and he sometimes has inappropriate emotional responses to various situations. We just found out that his teacher and most or all of the classroom aides were replaced last week. Tyler really liked his teacher, so that may be why he's recently been acting differently, but this is still such extremely out of character behavior for him. Ashley and I are pretty upset about it, and are racking our brains for ways we can help him express and cope with his frustration. Among other things, we'll be talking to his doctors and therapists, and hopefully we can nip this thing in the bud before it escalates. We really don't want to have to pull him out of school.
Wish us luck!
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