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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 94433" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>One thing that helped my daughter was a timer. Transitioning really didn't work well when she hyperfocused and tv, computer definitely put her into hyperfocusing. However, at things like playing at the park, getting ready to go somewhere or the like, transitioning definitely made it much easier to be able to go. Those gentle reminders seemed to get her attention in an acceptable way and it also gave her time to adjust her mindset to the next activity. If it was a thing that she would hyperfocus on, I would put the timer where she could see and hear it but not easily reach it. This let her look and see how much time was left. More importantly, it was the timer telling her to quit, not me. It really did help.</p><p></p><p>You could try telling him before he starts playing that he has X amount of time and if he will leave it without having a tantrum, he can play it again the next day. However, if he has a tantrum, then he is going to have to wait two whole days to play on the computer again. This is hard for a little one to really understand -- tomorrow is as far away as the moon -- but little by little, he will get it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 94433, member: 3626"] One thing that helped my daughter was a timer. Transitioning really didn't work well when she hyperfocused and tv, computer definitely put her into hyperfocusing. However, at things like playing at the park, getting ready to go somewhere or the like, transitioning definitely made it much easier to be able to go. Those gentle reminders seemed to get her attention in an acceptable way and it also gave her time to adjust her mindset to the next activity. If it was a thing that she would hyperfocus on, I would put the timer where she could see and hear it but not easily reach it. This let her look and see how much time was left. More importantly, it was the timer telling her to quit, not me. It really did help. You could try telling him before he starts playing that he has X amount of time and if he will leave it without having a tantrum, he can play it again the next day. However, if he has a tantrum, then he is going to have to wait two whole days to play on the computer again. This is hard for a little one to really understand -- tomorrow is as far away as the moon -- but little by little, he will get it. [/QUOTE]
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