I have a daughter with Autism and I am looking for alternative methods of helping her?

I open to hear anyones stories comments or suggestions.
Answer:
There are several ways on helping your autistic child:

1) Gluten and casein free diet. Eliminate all products that contain gluten in her diet. Take away milk and milk derived products.

2) Try brain gym. Helps to connect her neuro pathways.

3) Homeopathy to stabilize moods and homeopathic medicine to get rid of mercury (maybe the cause of autism).

4) Applied Behavioral Analysis to teach her how to socially interact with others.

Most definitely, give her plenty of hugs and kisses.

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I think I just heard in the news that they changed federal law to make insurance companies pay for autistic treatment for those between the age of three and five.

I don't know if that helps your daughter or not, but I hope it helps someone!

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An autistic child may throw tantrum or behave aggressively when he is disappointed or frustrated as other children do. But he is not doing it intentionally, because as an autistic child, he is unable to understand that other people have thoughts and feelings. He doesn't know that other people hurt when he hit them. He may learn this as he gets older, but it may take sometimes. So how do parents of autistic children tell them to not hit other people? How can them handle their misbehavior? Here are a few short but helpful pointers to help parent in disciplining an autistic child.

Discipline is about teaching your child good and appropriate behavior. Discipline is about helping them to become an independent and responsible people. Regardless, your child is special need or not, you still need to discipline him with the consideration of his special needs. In particular, you need to keep in mind of his unusual perception of pain. Therefore, hitting him or any physical punishment is big no-no. The hitting will not teach that his behavior is unacceptable. In contrast, it may encourage them that hitting others is an acceptable behavior. It may even encourage self injurious behavior. In fact many experts strongly agree to not use physical punishment on autistic children and advise parents to find alternative methods of discipline method.

The best metho.....

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I would personally check out the resources in your community - mental health centers, community resource agencies, etc...I know you are looking for alternative methods, but they may have some good information one what programs are offered. They also may be able to answer your questions about alternative methods or who you can contact to get that information.

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First do not put her in a public school because there is a austistic kid in our school and he is humiliated every day and is picked on all the time. he never knows what is going on, and he gets his feelings hurt a lot. Just treat her like a regular person and try your best to let her understand what is needed. You know she won't be as normal as others, but autistic children are no less important. Help her understand and she might get better and be able to understand different things.

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I'm not sure what you have tried previously. I am a behavior therapist that works with children with autism. The teaching style that we use is called Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Each child has an individualized program to meet their needs.

Because children with autism are all so very different from each other it is important that whatever you do be individualized for your daughter. ABA helps children learn many different types of things, including self-help skills (pottytraining, handwashing, dressing, brushing teeth, etc), social skills (referencing adults, return greetings with peers/adults, turn taking, etc), communication skills (communicating wants/needs, feelings, etc), academic skills (identifying/labeling items, reading, counting, etc), fine motor and gross motor skills, imitation skills(this is key!), compliance, and many other things.

Behavior Analysts work closely with parents and a team of therapists to design a program specifically for the child. Progress is constantly monitored, and changes are made accordingly.

I would suggest looking for places in your area that have ABA programs and talking with a behavior analyst about what programs could be implemented for you daughter. Here are some good national websites that might help you:

http://www.shapingbehavior.com/whatisaba...

http://www.behavior.org/autism/...

http://www.abatherapists.com/

http://www.bacb.com/consum_frame.html... (this site will help you find a Behavior Analyst in your area)

Also, if you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. I would love to help you in any way.

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