No biting, but....

Today's report from daycare: "Lot's of spittig today at friends and on the flour. We used the toothbrush for awhile. It seemed to help some."

A friend of who teaches kids with severe disabilities reminded me that if we eliminate one behavior, we need a replacement behavior. This one is annoying and gross, but I'll ignore it for now and see if a brilliant replacement comes to mind.

Daycare Thug, Friday

I've exchanged email today with the daycare director, and she sent me home with a book on biting. Today, no biting, but...."Aaron was playing with dolls with another child and hit the child with a doll in the face. The hit was unprovoked and left a mark on the child's face."

In response to a note I sent to the teacher she replied, "I did want to let you know that Aaron has been biting a numer of different children, not just one. Leslie & I have been talking about why Aaron might be biting. The instances have often happened during transitions, but they have been unprovoked. Also, for the most part, it has been a calm environment. We will continue to remind Aaron to use his words. We will also continue to remind him that biting hurts his friends."

We're meeting next Tuesday to talk about his behavior.

Daycare thug

Aaron is making everyone crazy. Here are the two notes from daycare today:

"In line to go to the library, Aaron leaned forward in line and bit a friend on the back." From the assistant director

"Other than the biting, over the last few days we hae caught Aaron tearing up the puzzles in the room. We've talked to him about this several times, but it hasn't seemed to help. He has torn up for puzzles over the last several days. Could you please remind him to play nicely with our things at school?" From his teacher

Really unhappy with him, not sure what to do with him.