the risperdal should help with that, it may need adjusted. adam is the exact same way, another thing that causes adam to be agressive is constipation, a side effect of risperdal, keep a close eye on bm's one a day is a must, if he is having that problem ask dr for miralax, it will help

Yep been there. Not so much for aggressive wrestling. But in Jk my son was throwing chairs, coffee cups, shoving kids. It was more to do with how staff were untrained and how they were treating him than a matter of his own poor personal behaviour. You need to see what is goingon the classroom and how they are treating him. You need to find out what their qualifications are. He may need a more specialized and trained teacher and you have the right to request this. My son was suspended for 3 days. I got a lawyer and the fllowing year they had a more qualified teacher and aide to dela with him and he is doing well. He is also HFA and mainstreamed in 1st grade. He is not on any meds and his behaviour while not always perfect is managed a little better. Also the people working with him now know what signs of his future behaviour are as well as understanding the "antecedents" to poor behaviour. He cannot be expelled. Contact Wrightslaw.com And in the short term maybe discontinuing the rough play at home. My son also did not know how to "connect" with peers and also thought wrestling was acceptable and desired by all. He had to unlearn this game. Took a few years but no longer tries to tackle potential playmates.

I Recall when Brian was in Day Care last year , he got so aggressive that he took out the whole class and not one teacher stopped him,they just let him go .. but come to find out Brian was bite by one other boy and Brian just retaliated on everyone, We Stopped Brian from watching any violent kids shows like Power Rangers and no Violent Video games and his aggression has gotten better

Oh Boy~ you got some awsome advice and I must add some for you as well. My son is sever but he has aggression too.
I work with special needs kiddos as well so I have a string background of info for you.
This one type of your son "playing" with dad,..
Is he playing? Or he is seeking the reaction Dad gives him? Or is he seeking some pressure?
You can find out by watching him and asking him. He might not understand "pressure" But you can have him do some things that may help.
Stacking large phone books. Lifting them carring them a few feet and stacking them.
Pushing something heavy w. your help a box maybe?
The risperdol will help the behavior call his doc and see if you can get an increase. It has always been one of my warnings that steven needs an increase because of the aggressive behavior.
Do you give him a time out when he is aggressive?
It has to be something he doesnt like all that much, and alot of praise when he has a calm safe body,
Get on this now, stick to your plan and hoping the school is trained appropriatly..

considering that most states have an antibullying law in the schools...you definetly need to get this behavior under control...the parents of the little girl could charge him with assault if he lays one finger on her....
You may want to let his doctor give a thorough check
to make sure there is nothing else wrong with him, if he's anything like my daughter he's not going to fess up to an earache or tummy problems...they may need to recalibrate his meds or even change his meds...
haven't had this problem with my daughter autism at least not yet....good luck!

the school sam is at is doing social stories real simple so that he can understand. We also had along with his picture schedule, we also had pictures depicting hitting, biting, kicking etc in a circle with a line through it. We put it with his picture schedule. He got disciplined if he didn't. Timeout doesn't work for him. he does better if I take something away that he likes. good luck