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David is really struggling over the last 24 hours. A majority of it is his response to his primary staff leaving. That he formed that strong a bond with someone is important. So while I understand that his behaviors are negative right now, maybe we need to look at it from a different angle. He formed an attachment of some kind with someone. This has only happened a couple of times in his life that I know of. So this is huge! Is it appropriate? Maybe not always, but it should still be celebrated. So we are trying to work with David and the staff at the facility to show David that it is ok. That how he feels is ok. With the Autism, David doesn’t understand sadness. He understands how different emotions get him different things, but he doesn’t understand emotions. So the key is to show him that
We have known that David has Reactive Attachment Disorder for a while. It is a fact of life. In the current residence, David had been doing well. Until. About 10 days ago, David’s primary left employment at his facility. David evidently was pretty attached to her. As his behaviors have gone down hill since she left. He apparently likes his new primary, but is still coming to terms with the “loss” of his last primary. Since the primary he attached to left, they have had to call in the Event Support Team a couple of times for David and put him on a modified plan. He eats by himself with close supervision by the staff, among other things. He is still doing well in school. At night, he has difficulty sleeping. On one hand I am happy that David can establish relationships, close relationships to people. It is nice to