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Child Behavior (Expert Forum)
Sensory Integration/ Hurting people
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Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Crisis Intervention
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
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Sensory Integration/ Hurting people
by Sandra, Jun 20, 2000 12:00AM
My two year old son has some sersory integrationproblems. At night I can't get him to sleep in his own bed so he ends up in my bed. When he is in my bed all he does is roll himself tightly in the quilt, or kicks or pulls on me to a point of hurting me.He has gone so far as scratching me and drawning blood. How can I stop him from doing this and just go to sleep.
Doctor's Answer
by Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D., Jun 21, 2000 12:00AM
, Jun 21, 2000 12:00AM
Dear Sandra,
There's only one practical solution to your problem. Your son needs to be falling asleep in his own bed and remaining in his own bed. You'll have to make this happen by consistently seeing that he does this. The problem isn't how he acts when he's in your bed; the problem is that he is in your bed at all. Be confident - you can change this, if you have the will to do it.
There's only one practical solution to your problem. Your son needs to be falling asleep in his own bed and remaining in his own bed. You'll have to make this happen by consistently seeing that he does this. The problem isn't how he acts when he's in your bed; the problem is that he is in your bed at all. Be confident - you can change this, if you have the will to do it.
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I concur with your thought that young children do not know why they act in particular ways. In general, they act in order to meet some need (as do all human beings), and generally they act in their own vested interest. The key, then, is to develop a plan whereby it is in the child's vested interest to do what the parent is expecting. That is a different thing from having the youngster fear the parent.
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