btnmcwhorter
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Hi. My name is Bre and I am the mom to a very exuberant little boy named Kaiden. Kaiden is 5 years old and was born profoundly deaf. He wears a CI but uses ASL as his primary means of communication. Lately we have had a problem with Kaiden keeping his hands to himself. He hits constantly. He hits his classmates at school (he spends 1/2 the day in the HOH class and 1/2 the day with the mainstream kindergarten with an aide to interpret) and the kids in his gymnastics class. I don't want to pull him out of gymnastics and I can't remove him from school, but I don't know what to do about the hitting. He thinks it's funny. We have shown him video of him hitting the kids and told him that it was bad but he just laughs. Time out doesn't work, we even took away all his toys. Reward systems for good behavior aren't working either. I'm at my wits end because other than the hitting he really is a good kid. His teacher says this is a phase that all deaf boys go through. Is she right? How do I better discipline him? I appreciate any and all help. His dad and I just don't know what else to do. Thanks.