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<blockquote data-quote="keepongoing" data-source="post: 426366"><p>I remember going to a seminar on raising kids with special needs and a parent asked what to do in a tantrum and the presenter said that once you are in a tantrum your chance has already passed. Not much to do but wait it out and since most kids at that point are overstimulated the less you do to add to stimulation (by talking for example) the better. Even with a fairly loose schedule you can do things to help him understand how his day will flow. You are doing great by doing the 'In five minutes..." you could help him sequence by also saying "<strong>First</strong> you have five minutes to play, <strong>then </strong>we are going to the car". Some kids can not move on until they are finished with an activity and having to stop before they are all done causes a lot of anxiety and meltdowns for them. We stopped a lot of meltdowns by either not having our son start something we knew would take him longer than we had time or by just honoring that he needed five more minutes (or an hour) before he could move on. Ironically it ended up saving time because the meltdowns often took longer then just letting him finish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keepongoing, post: 426366"] I remember going to a seminar on raising kids with special needs and a parent asked what to do in a tantrum and the presenter said that once you are in a tantrum your chance has already passed. Not much to do but wait it out and since most kids at that point are overstimulated the less you do to add to stimulation (by talking for example) the better. Even with a fairly loose schedule you can do things to help him understand how his day will flow. You are doing great by doing the 'In five minutes..." you could help him sequence by also saying "[B]First[/B] you have five minutes to play, [B]then [/B]we are going to the car". Some kids can not move on until they are finished with an activity and having to stop before they are all done causes a lot of anxiety and meltdowns for them. We stopped a lot of meltdowns by either not having our son start something we knew would take him longer than we had time or by just honoring that he needed five more minutes (or an hour) before he could move on. Ironically it ended up saving time because the meltdowns often took longer then just letting him finish. [/QUOTE]
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