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Help! Need Advice On Dealing With Inappropriate Sexual Behavior In My HF Teen!

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Palmdale, CA

My adorable, handsome 15-year-old is verbal and fairly high-functioning. He's 5'4", 120 lbs. and has been showing a normal interest in girls for about the last year. He understands that it is not appropriate to violate personal space or touch someone without their permission, but has to be reminded occasionally. Recently we have been working on teaching him that it is normal to want to look at girls' bodies, but it is not okay to stare at them, try to look at their breasts, etc.. So far, things… read more

July 6, 2013
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A MyAutismTeam Member

I used to work for ARC with various ability levels. For those with inappropriate sexual behaviors as you've described we would start teaching them "personal space," For example, one of the guys I used to work with would like to turn a friendly hug into groping, which you should tell him/her "that is an inappropriate behavior," so whenever he wanted a hug from the ladies - we would tell him before hand"Personal space please. Hand shakes are better." and we'd shake hands. Over time he caught onto "personal space" then we eventually moved onto handshakes and "quick hugs." Every situation is different, but you can start there?

July 6, 2013
A MyAutismTeam Member

I think social stories would be good in this case. Now that he's a teen, he needs to understand that its different than when he was a little boy. My son is low functioning but I know he started having a lot of sexual urges when he turned 14. He would touch his privates a lot. So we taught him that "private time" is in his room. And how to clean up after himself. Allowing him to maturbate in the privacy of his room made a huge difference in his public behavior and his overall agiatation. I'm not proud of this, I just think we moms can't understand the urges that a teenage boy experiences. And its better in private than in public or inappropriately touching a girl, a woman, or even ourselves. Its best if the Dad handles this subject but not all Dads are willing. My son's father would not help on this.

July 8, 2013
A MyAutismTeam Member

Yes. I have to keep setting boundaries too. I recently posted a video about personal space that my son's ABA therapist used (it is nice to have them helping me with this issue). I am also using the word BUBBLE to show him my limitations until it sinks into his brain. My son is 11.

July 6, 2013
A MyAutismTeam Member

Since social stories are two "simple" for him, I would just have a series of conversations about appropriate and inappropriate behavior with girls, yourself, etc. However, I would do it as a series not as one big conversation. At this age, they also want to know "why" not just "what".

July 9, 2013
A MyAutismTeam Member

my son knows the differents mom kiss and girls kiss but appropiate yes show a movies a web side is very covinience that good for him be careful please keep him very close to you and his daddy is posibles talk to him others stuff??? i am single mom but have friends to talk to my boy ... keep touch god bless you

July 8, 2013

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