Down Syndrome Help!

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Mar 7, 2005

I dont know about US but it is illegal here to smack or use any kind of physical punishment on a patient. As he has downs, he has learning disability and he will not understand the same diciplines you would utilise on a nine year old who had no learning difficulties. I would recommend positive reinforcement you praise the good behaviour and ignore the bad behaviour, it is difficult to ignore bad behaviou but you must give him no eye contact walk away then return and ask him if you may continue, if the bad behaviour continues you must keep walking away until he stops it. But to make this work when he behaves then you must give him lots of praise and encouragement. Belive me it works but you have to be patient. Please dont hit a child again, that is not your responsibility nor your right.

DDRN4me · Mar 7, 2005

welcome to the world of downs with autism! i work in a school with the exact type of kids. first of all, corporal punishment of any kind is against the law!!!The best thing for mom and nurses would be a behavior specialist consult, so a behaviour plan can be developed. Positive reinforcement is good, but it needs to be consistent, and he needs both good and negative consequences for his actions. Also, maybe a course in non violent crisis intervention would be helpfull to learn how to deal with the abusive behaviors. Hope this helps!

DelightRN · Mar 7, 2005

Perhaps someone could merge all of these multiple threads.

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Mar 7, 2005

Perhaps someone could merge all of these multiple threads.

I agree there are few around saying the same thing, we should maybe let new members know that we all get to read threads from all forums, that may help.

So new members you only need to only post one thread on one subject in any one forum.

Editorial Team / Admin · Apr 10, 2009

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