Hi Scbusf,
At school, he has had warnings and for the next infraction, he is going to be sent to the office. Same for the school bus. I'm totally fine with him being sent to the office.
You need to watch this strategy carefully-- if he prefers the office to the classroom, he may hit more instead of less, as an escape behavior.
I do think he is bored somewhat at school. He doesn't have much of a chance to be as creative as he needs to be. He also says that he doesn't finish his work quickly because he wants it to be "just right" and then he can't do the fun stuff.
What are the teachers saying about the hitting-- is it the only unwanted behavior? Is it diminishing or increasing over time? If it's increasing, it's doing something for him that he likes or finds satisfying-- so you have to figure out what he is getting out of it, and make sure that hitting is made to feel unrewarding for him every single time.
DeeDee
