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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 577797" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>How many changes are happening at the same time?</p><p>If he's anywhere close to being a spectrum kid (some don't make diagnostic cut-off, but still have significant traits), these behaviors sort of make sense. These kids have trouble managing change - takes them much longer to process, sometimes need to go through obvious transitional steps (not that it's always possible... but if a "new" vehicle can be bought before the old is sold, then... first he just sits in it with the door open, then (after a few days of doing that step), sits in it with the door closed, and so on... </p><p></p><p>We found that part of the challenge is any one specific transition, and part of it is the number of transitions happening at once... multiple transitions tends to mean that none of them go well. <sigh></p><p></p><p>You're doing well to already be looking for a more comprehensive evaluation at this age... </p><p>In the mean time, have you read "the explosive child"?</p><p>We found the book helped us sort out which things were non-negotiable (safety, for example), which were active projects... and which were not worth making a battle over right now. Scared of the dark, or the stairs, or those kinds of things? probably not worth a battle, find some work-around if you can, or just walk/talk him through it every time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 577797, member: 11791"] How many changes are happening at the same time? If he's anywhere close to being a spectrum kid (some don't make diagnostic cut-off, but still have significant traits), these behaviors sort of make sense. These kids have trouble managing change - takes them much longer to process, sometimes need to go through obvious transitional steps (not that it's always possible... but if a "new" vehicle can be bought before the old is sold, then... first he just sits in it with the door open, then (after a few days of doing that step), sits in it with the door closed, and so on... We found that part of the challenge is any one specific transition, and part of it is the number of transitions happening at once... multiple transitions tends to mean that none of them go well. <sigh> You're doing well to already be looking for a more comprehensive evaluation at this age... In the mean time, have you read "the explosive child"? We found the book helped us sort out which things were non-negotiable (safety, for example), which were active projects... and which were not worth making a battle over right now. Scared of the dark, or the stairs, or those kinds of things? probably not worth a battle, find some work-around if you can, or just walk/talk him through it every time. [/QUOTE]
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