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SharkSandwich211
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05 Jun 2016, 7:00 pm

Greetings all,

Are there any parents out there that have used this form of therapy with their child/children? If so, how long did it take you to see a positive behavior shift? And has that shift been lasting? The reason I ask is that it is a therapy that has been recommended to me for use with my son with AS and wanted to see if anyone in the community had first-hand knowledge of it. Thanks.



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07 Jun 2016, 5:33 pm

We tried it. It helped NOT at all. Sorry.

But Ross Greene's method called Collaborative Problem Solving is helping.

So is lots and lots of support. Schedules, lists, etc.

We are also currently in behavior therapy.



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08 Jun 2016, 10:44 pm

beckilynb wrote:
We tried it. It helped NOT at all. Sorry.

But Ross Greene's method called Collaborative Problem Solving is helping.

So is lots and lots of support. Schedules, lists, etc.

We are also currently in behavior therapy.


Thank you for the reply. I will check out the Coll. Prob. Sol. that is a new one me.



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18 Jun 2016, 11:19 am

What kind of therapy is this? What kind of interactions do they teach you there? Is it anything concrete, or the usual "feelings" mumbo-jumbo crap? After the therapy, do you feel mildly relieved, or ride back in the car in awkward silence?

If my posts from the past 11 years indicate anything, it's that I was never close with my parents. It took moving out in 2007 to get the relationship to reach a somewhat amicable level. Although, adults in the family were to blame: their main goals were obedience and good grades, oftentimes to the exclusion of everything else. So this therapy thing is interesting.



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19 Jun 2016, 12:17 am

Early on, before we knew, we tried PCIT with our oldest child. I'd say after that experience that it simply should not be used with autistic children, as it assumes that even stimulus-triggered meltdowns can be eliminated via behavior modification. In other words, it assumes that all unwanted behavior is learned and can be unlearned, which isn't always the case with autistics.


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20 Jun 2016, 12:16 pm

Aspie1 wrote:
What kind of therapy is this? What kind of interactions do they teach you there? Is it anything concrete, or the usual "feelings" mumbo-jumbo crap? After the therapy, do you feel mildly relieved, or ride back in the car in awkward silence?

If my posts from the past 11 years indicate anything, it's that I was never close with my parents. It took moving out in 2007 to get the relationship to reach a somewhat amicable level. Although, adults in the family were to blame: their main goals were obedience and good grades, oftentimes to the exclusion of everything else. So this therapy thing is interesting.



It is a type of behavioral therapy that involves structured play time with a parent and their child. After learning how the the the therapy is conducted (taught by the therapist) it can be accomplished at home. It is suppose to modify behavior in a positive way.



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20 Jun 2016, 12:21 pm

Edenthiel wrote:
Early on, before we knew, we tried PCIT with our oldest child. I'd say after that experience that it simply should not be used with autistic children, as it assumes that even stimulus-triggered meltdowns can be eliminated via behavior modification. In other words, it assumes that all unwanted behavior is learned and can be unlearned, which isn't always the case with autistics.



Thank you for your response. We started this form of therapy prior to my sons dx because we were looking for something, anything that might help us have better interactions with him.



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26 Jun 2016, 7:10 pm

I highly recommend Ross Greene's Collaborative Problem Solving and the Autism Discussion Page on Facebook, run by Bill Nasom. Both of these resources have helped me tremendously. Don't get me wrong, it's not perfect, but it's not as bad as it was.