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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 367461" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>You can get rebound with medications. Or it could be something else about his daytime routine. Maybe he's been concentrating for long enough and can't cope any more for the day. Maybe he's hungry. Maybe...</p><p></p><p>There are multiple steps to helping him. It's better to prevent a meltdown, than to have to calm him afterwards. If you can recognise the early signs and change whatever is beginning to upset him then you're all better off. Also if you can work with him while he is calm to plan ahead how to perhaps handle this. Maybe ask him what it is that he feels before the meltdown begins, why he feels he has to react that way. Then see if there is an alternative you can both plan for. For example, if he's not coping, if there is somewhere he can go instead to sit down quietly. Practice it with him while he is calm. "OK, today if you begin to feel too upset, you can get up, walk over here and sit down quietly. we will stop asking you to do X if you do this, because we will see it is your way of saying, 'I need a break'. So let's practice walking over there now..."</p><p></p><p>This info is also in the book, as well as some good examples.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 367461, member: 1991"] You can get rebound with medications. Or it could be something else about his daytime routine. Maybe he's been concentrating for long enough and can't cope any more for the day. Maybe he's hungry. Maybe... There are multiple steps to helping him. It's better to prevent a meltdown, than to have to calm him afterwards. If you can recognise the early signs and change whatever is beginning to upset him then you're all better off. Also if you can work with him while he is calm to plan ahead how to perhaps handle this. Maybe ask him what it is that he feels before the meltdown begins, why he feels he has to react that way. Then see if there is an alternative you can both plan for. For example, if he's not coping, if there is somewhere he can go instead to sit down quietly. Practice it with him while he is calm. "OK, today if you begin to feel too upset, you can get up, walk over here and sit down quietly. we will stop asking you to do X if you do this, because we will see it is your way of saying, 'I need a break'. So let's practice walking over there now..." This info is also in the book, as well as some good examples. Marg [/QUOTE]
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