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BITING HERSELF

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Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Crisis Intervention

Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates

This forum is for questions and support regarding child behavior issues such: Child Discipline (behavior management), Normal Child Development, Parent-Child Communications, Social Development

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BITING HERSELF

by Constance, Nov 02, 2000 12:00AM

Tags: child, child behavior, autism, daughter, head

MY DAUGHTER SOMETIMES HITS HERSELF IN THE HEAD AND OR BITES HERSELF. SHE IS NORMALLY A SWEET, WELL BEHAVED CHILD, BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WHE CAN BE MEAN AND UNREASONABLE ... SHE IS ONLY 22 MONTHS OLD, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF AUTISM??

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by Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D.

, Nov 03, 2000 12:00AM

See prior response.

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