I have been dealing with this problem for many years now with Cody.
Although he does his head banging as a self stem, he bites and
piniches when he is trying to communicate and no one is listening.

You may need to ask your peds doctor to prescribe a soft helmet. Cody
has 1. As for the pinching and biting, I would recommend that you and
his teachers come up with a behavioral plan such as 5 mins of work he
gets 5 mins of a perefed activity. This is what we do with my
students that I teach. I use a timmer with Cody as well. If he wants
to play on the computer and I am not able to be with him I will set
the timmer for 5 mins to allow me to finish what I am doing. If he
can not wait calmly for that 5 mns then he has to wait until he can
sit with out any behaviors for 5 mins. He has learned that if he
wants the computer he has to be good and earn it. It takes Cody a
loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time to learn new things but you
have to be persistant and follow through each and every time.

I think with our special kids we can not use typical methods. Our
kids are very loving but very stubborn! I have recently started
paying very close attention to Codys behavior (not that I have not in
the past just more intense :) ). I have learned that when he starts
his head banging he will calm down by massaging his joints. When he
starts pinching he is telling us hey look at me, I want this.... If
he still gets no reaction from the pinching then he will really bat
at you and start to bite. A lot of the behaviors results in my
opionin is communication. Cody does not talk at all except signing
so, this is his way of talking to me when he is frustrated. Just my 2
cents but, I hope it helps :)
Laura

--- 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
>