8 year old boy angry, noisy behavior?

[april2008]

My son is 8 and I am homeschooling him this year. He is behind in reading and writing, which we work on. During our day he is constantly making noise. High pitched noise, loud noises, he has these funny 'voices' that he uses to talk and he can not stay on task unless I am sitting there with him. I am structured in our day, we follow the same pattern and I have 3 planned breaks during the day for him to get his energy out. I keep the teaching time simple and short but am keeping him interested and engaged. I am beginning to wonder if he has some behavior issues beyond being 8. I have read about the gluten intolerance and was wondering if that has any merit.

Another issue is his anger. He typically get angry when I correct his behavior, I try to do so in a matter-of-fact method and not out of anger myself. He gets angry a lot and acts out. He will throw things, hit, kick, scream, and often he will say that he hates himself, or us. He is disciplined consistently, usually he is sent to his room and whatever is thrown is taken away. I used to react to the negative statements he makes and go talk to him, but that didn't change the expressions of hate, so now I tell him that he can have time in his room and when he has worked through his anger and is calm he can come back out with us. But nothing is changing and we need to correct this.

I am looking for help in diffusing his behavior problems.
Thank you!

[margypops]

It is advised to always focus on the  positive side of a child's behavior, channel his energy in constructive ways , catch him doing something right and praise him, and make use of his individual creativity.Make sure he is getting enough outdoor activity and if he is at home a lot he still has does sports and Games outside and has friends,  get his Dad involved in this Ball games and Fun. Possibly less words and no over reaction on your part may help.

[lovemykiddos]

I went thru the same thing and still am kinda..it is not as bad now but  my child still has some anger issues.i noticed what helped me the most with that was using a chart.we would put 5 days of the week on it.and at the end of the week he would get a reward of some kind if he got enough stars for the week ...i will try to explain this a little better.he stars counted as this 0-6 was loss of privileges 7-12 take tv or toys away whichever he liked better13-18 had  a half hour earlier bedtime 19 - 24 15 min earlier bedtime 25-30 was a good reward whether it was a toy or $3.00......also he had 6 things on the list that he had to do before he earned a star for it...we use respect people....when asked to do something do it without mouthing back...... make own bed and so on ..not sure if it will help ya or if u have tried it but i i thought i would try to help ya the best that i can.