[blparent] Need advice with preschoolers behavior

[Brandy W]

The first step is to figure out why he is hitting. What is he trying to 
achieve? Basically I'd keep a log of the situations in which he hits. Is he 
always hitting when is frustrated with another child. Is he hitting when he 
can't communicate? Is he hitting when he wants something. Once you know why 
he is hitting than you can give him a replacement for the hitting. A sit of 
words for example someone is doing something he doesn't like have him hold 
his hand out flat palm out fingers up and closed together and say stop! I 
don't like that or please stop. As for consequences if you are going to hurt 
your friends I can't let you play with them. It hurts when you hit, and 
remove him from the group.

Bran



"When we treat children's play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping 
them feel the joy that's to be found in the creative spirit. It's the things 
we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in 
our lives."
- Fred Rogers

Brandy Wojcik
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grace Pires" <silvara at cox.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:56 PM
Subject: [blparent] Need advice with preschoolers behavior


> Hello Everyone:
>
> My son is 4.  He started preK early this month.  He has been having some
> issues at school interacting with other kids. He has been hitting.  We 
> have
> been talking with him about it and I have taken away privileges when he
> hits, but the behavior continues.  He had a good week last week, but
> regressed this week. I have a meeting at school tomorrow to discuss it. I 
> am
> not sure how to get him to understand why he should not hit. This is his
> first experience with school.  He was at home with my parents until the
> middle of June. He went to school 2 days a week for the summer in order to
> get use to it. He says that he likes school and wants to go.
>
> Any thoughts? How do I get 4-year old to understand that hitting is not
> exceptable? Sometimes when we tell him not to hit he asks why?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Grace
>
>
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