Comment on How do I keep a 9 year old from constantly licking erasers and putting them in his mouth

• voracitude@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’d be curious for a follow-up post of you find a way to help him with this! I was this kid when I was little, and needed help and kindness, but there was no understanding for autistic behaviours back then so what I got instead was bullied. I appreciate that you went looking for help instead of just throwing up your hands.

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  • howler@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hi! So I suggested nail chewing deterrent to the boss, checked that the kids have no allergies, bought the deterrent in a pharmacy and coated all the pencils and part of one eraser (they stop working with the polish).

    All it took was one lick (and OMG their faces), they didn’t put the pencils/eraser near their mouth again. I hope they remember the lesson next week lol. I coated all pencils so the kid I wrote the post about wouldn’t get targeted.

    I watched the kid that has me particularly worried and he didn’t show interest in putting anything else in his mouth, nor did he have a change in attitude. Now that he isn’t licking stuff, he is somewhat more focused in class?? I have to keep watching.

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  • howler@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ll update you!!

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