[DelphiUser]

I used to spank mine when he would hit, then he got where he would hit just to make me spank him. That’s counterproductive so we moved on to timeouts, that mostly works now, but not always, and it took about 5 times longer with him than with the other kids.

If you are open to another idea, I tried jumping jacks (just with the arms) on mine, we would move him through the routine of ten or so controlled arm movements, up over the head and back down, he hated it, it worked faster than a time out, and we explained it as "your body doesn't do what it should, lets practice moving our body without hitting anyone". It only took about two weeks and hitting was out. YMMV all kids are different, but I try to relate the intervention to what the undesired behavior is.

[snarkybob]

“If you are open to another idea, I tried jumping jacks (just with the arms) on mine, we would move him through the routine of ten or so controlled arm movements, up over the head and back down, he hated it, it worked faster than a time out,”

Thanks, I’ll try it. I’m having some luck with redirection as well, since I’ve incorporated one of those mini-trampolines. When he starts to get agitated I make him go jump for a few minutes. So far so good.