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My little boy is 3 and has been diagnosed with a language disorder and possibly PDD-NOS. He can say a couple of words together but not typical sentences. He's a very loud volume kid and practically every word and frustration is a SCREAM. Today between him and my five year old daughter the screams were so loud that I actually NEEDED Vicodin to make my head stop hurting. His receptive language is pretty good its just his expressive language is not so good. He's in a special ed preschool but is out for summer and it just seems like everything from having an empty cup, to a train track coming apart, to his sister walking by him sets him off. He screams basically every word he hears. It feels like sometimes he thinks if everything isn't what he wants then he just isn't being loud enough. It's only the beginning of the summer and I'm losing my mind with this. I just can't take the screaming any more. Add a 5 year old drama queen to the mix and I just feel overwhelmed. Does anyone have any suggestions how to get him to lower his volume and literally take it down a notch? Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm just lost and feeling pretty hopeless about now.
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I do not know about PDD-NOS but a nephew in the family had similar symptoms.
Highly agitated, would scream if you walked by. Littlest things would set him off
He was tested for food allergies and they found 3-4 items that would set him off.
After the offending foods were eliminated the symptoms eased considerably.
Food allergies affect different people in different ways- nobody noticed his ears
would deepen in color after he had the offending foods then the fits would start.
I'll try to find out what they were if you would like.
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When my son was in speech therapy for a language delay, the therapist taught him some sign language. This really helped him be able to communicate and keep his frustration down. Perhaps it would help your son too.
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my neighbor's son has pddnos and was nonverbal a year ago.. she has gone the route of chelation, gc/free diet, aba therapy etc.. he is talkingnow.. i know every child is different but.. i hope this helps.
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As I type this, my typical almost two year old is screaming at my Aspie 7 year old.
It's possible your child needs the screaming for sensory reasons - is the hearing OK? That's the first thing I'd check. Role playing with different volumes and tones may help. But this does sound like a question, to me, that needs to be addressed to a professional.