We can definately relate! My older son Brayden (amlost 8) will
still hit his head and roll around on the ground throwing tantrums
when he is upset or gets in trouble. Brayden used to bite too
(especially me), but he has finally grown out of it. Zachary (5) is
my biter. He bites his hand sometimes, but he is always biting
Brayden and his little sister. But he is not always biting because
he is mad and upset. He sometimes does it when he is upset, but
more often, it is more of a sensory thing. He has done it at school
once or twice, but not very often. He does it all the time at home
though. We have tried giving him things to chew on to try and deter
his chewing on his siblings, but it hasn't worked that well. He
also spits almost constantly and has his hand in his mouth all the
time. He is very orally focused right now. For both of the boys we
have tried lots of things like positive reinforcement, negative
reinforcement, and redirecting behavior. We've had the most success
with redirecting, but it still doesn't work great. I am also open
for any suggestions. I know behavior is one of the big problems
with 11q kids and traditional methods just don't seem to work. We
get very frustrated and sometimes just don't know what to do about
it.

--- In 11q_disorders@yahoogroups.com, "jldpoll" <rpoll@...> wrote:
>
> Good morning everyone and Happy Holiday's.
> Recently we have noticed that our 3 and a half year old son Daniel
has
> started to act out when frustrated. Daniel will hit his head on
the
> ground and bite his hand and hit himself in the face when he is
> told "no" or is removed from an activity that he does not want to
quit.
> In addition, we have received 2 reports from his teachers that he
has
> bitten one of the other students in his classroom. I am wondering
if
> anyone else has seen these actions in their children and if so,
how do
> you deter it.
> I am concerned that when we take his hand out of his mouth or pick
him
> up after he has bounced his head on the ground, we are in fact
fueling
> the action by giving him attention as the result of it.
> Please let me know what has or has not worked for you.
>
> Thank you very much for taking the time to review this.
>
> The Poll Family
>