Discipline/Time out for 2 1/2 yr old....

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Discipline/Time out for 2 1/2 yr old....
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Thu, 01-03-2008 - 12:08pm

I've been wondering what to do with DS as far as discipline...especially with regards to "time out".

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Thu, 01-03-2008 - 12:27pm

Yes, I think it can work - but be prepared for the ++++++ follow through. Don't start to implement a time-out spot unless you are able and willing to follow through as long as it takes.

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Thu, 01-03-2008 - 4:13pm

I agree. I think it can work, but I think you really have to pick your battles esp at 2.5 and w/ an ASD child. For us it worked for behaviors that are unacceptable, ie. hauling off and hitting a sibling, biting, etc. My ASD child (I didn't know he was asd at the time) was really bad about locking his fingers in his sister's hair and pulling hard-- we chose to use a timeout chair away from the toys and in a quiet spot where he would be alone but we could still see him (in the kitchen). Any time he'd pull hair he would immediately be wisked off to the time out spot, we would simply w/o anger tell him that pulling hair was NO! and walk away. It only took about 2 wks for it to stop altogether. Then we had another behavior to tackle. We also looked into what was causing the behavior-- was she doing something to start the hair pulling, was he overstressed, hungry, tired, etc. This is pretty much our style of parenting so it wasn't much different for our nt kids. Too many rules at a time will confuse the child, we chose to only work on a few at a time. In some ways I think this taught DS to just avoid people because he preferred not having the confrontations and he liked sitting in the chair all alone. I do remember some weeks were I felt like all I did was sit kids in timeout, asd or nt.

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Thu, 01-03-2008 - 9:29pm

Well I use this method and my DS who is 4 and has PDD gets it.


He'll tell me why I put him on the step LOL
Use a chart with a 3 strike approach.


Each child is different. I also remove a favored toy if it's one of those really bad days KWIM


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Fri, 01-04-2008 - 8:47am

I love Super Nanny. The second episode the other night just made me cry though. Those poor girls.

Anyway, I always used the 1-2-3 approach with Haley. It worked very well when she was little. She understood that if I got to the count of 3, she would be in time out. She'd always push me until I got to the count of 2 and then do what I asked. I still use the 1-2-3 but now it is in regards to taking away a privilege or something instead of an actual time out.




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Fri, 01-04-2008 - 8:55am
I've tried that...but DS is obsessed with numbers and counting and he just completes the sequence for me...more annoying than the unacceptable behavior...LOL.
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Fri, 01-04-2008 - 2:06pm
Well, unfortunately I did not have success with time outs.

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