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I want to know how to make a kid attentive. Our two years kid does not listen to us. As he is not listining to us,he does not learn anything. He babbles a lot on his own, but does not say a single word as such. Any suggession how to make him attentive ??
His Dr says, he has some symptoms of mild autisim. we have evaluated his hearing and vision and all OK. He likes to play with all kind of toys and gets angry too fast, but cool down in a moment.

2006-12-27 02:55:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting Parenting

6 answers

You cannot make a kid more attentive. Especially if they are predispositioned to be less attentive, as with cases of Autism. I know this must be extremely frustrating for your family, but working with your child on their personal strengths and weaknesses will ultimatly help you in the long run. Until then encourage lots of unstructured play time, building with blocks, racing cars, etc.
Good luck.

2006-12-27 03:19:44 · answer #1 · answered by Mama Ro 3 · 1 0

First of all, if he has autism, he should be in at least 40 hours of therapy a week. Call your department of health, get into the early intervention services, and find a psychologist who has experience with autism. You will not be able to 'make' him attentive, because at this point he does not share interests with you, and there is very little that draws him to you. This can be created, but it takes lots of work.

Without these services, you are doing a grave disservice. Children with autism do not just 'pick' things up, and you can't just 'teach' them, it takes hours of teaching miniscule steps. Spend more time playing with him, and read up on Stanley Greenspan's floortime model. As well, your local developmental disabilities services should have free training for you and any caregivers you have.

Please do this as soon as possible. If this is autism, you don't have time to waste. You need a professional who can perform an ABLES assessment to find his weaknesses and develop a program, as well as implement.

Please don't consider discipline at this point. He will not understand anything you are doing to him, autism dissolves the bond that we usually have between action and consequence. Even such things as time out make no sense and become an arbitrary power struggle.

2006-12-27 12:24:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0 0

When you want his undivided attention, remove distractors from his vision. Start now having him stop, look at you (or in your direction) and listen. Be patient but consistant. You can teach him to listen and pay attention to what you are saying. Praise him or reward him each and every time you notice him paying attention. If he is autistic, you must remain calm and firm. By allowing him NOT to listen, he will have a much more difficult time when he enters school. Give him all the love you can and remember that he may not be avoiding listening to you on purpose, it's his way. Good luck and you can do it!

2006-12-27 11:31:40 · answer #3 · answered by mel 3 · 1 0

I don't know what to tell but to have patiance, all kids need patience and love some are more active than others and some leran faster than others..All kids are different I have a 2 yr old who is very active but he once in a while watch Dora, Sesame Street and House of Mickey, and he likes to repeat what they say. Ofcourse little words like let's go !!! come on ,,, But what I also do is when we are on the car I talk to him and make him try to repeat like the numbers, colors or small words . Sometimes he does repeat and sometimes he just ignores me but I also have a CD of the ABC's and kids songs and that's when he have time to listen and he already babbles the ABC"s song... But like I said just be patient and don't force him to do anything he will learn little by little and let my tell you the only way I punish my kids so they can know what it is wrong is by time out in a chair but only for 5 minutes or depending on what they did.... So I wish you good luck and best wishes for your kid to learn more everyday just remember BE PATIENT!!!

2006-12-27 11:46:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Please, autism is not as easy to diagnose as it seems to the public.Talk with a person who works with autistic children/psychologist, speech therapist or occupational therapist/ , educate yourself about autism and ADD and don't look for advice from people who "think" they know what autism is.And don't label your child,he will develop and change for the years to come.

Take care!

2006-12-27 20:00:56 · answer #5 · answered by malamir 2 · 0 0

he has all the symptoms of autism... love him please... if you're a beleiver pray about it... other than that a two year old being attentive is kind of funny... i would try and get him to look at you see if you can get any idea that he understands you....

2006-12-27 11:02:09 · answer #6 · answered by Rebekah 2 · 0 0

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