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a timeline tip

One added benefit to blogging about our son and his mental health illnesses, is that it also gives me a timeline of some of his behaviors.  Of course, I don’t document everything here.  But this is a good baseline for everything that he has been through. So, for example, when a facility asks me for two weeks of behaviors coupled with the dates that they occurred, I don’t have to look far.  I  can come here and review two weeks worth of posts and have pretty much everything.  Is it everything?  Like I said previously, not by a long shot. What some entries do is trigger memories of other lesser events. I guess the point I am making here, is document.  Document.  Document! Write down every behavior that is not right for your home.  Write down that the child argued about his coat, in fact threw a fit because he

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First Day of School Anxiety – 7 Tips for Parents

So my son has anxiety about the first day of school.  This year is worse than normal because his resource teacher didn’t come back.  So we have to “break in” a new teacher.  I think that he will do well, it is just going to take time for him to adjust. Their are key points to transitioning through the anxiety.  Points that we have found successful in years past. Don’t force the child to go to school.  504’s and IEP’s are made for a reason.  If necessary get the anxiety added to the education plan. Don’t minimize the way the child feels.  By making light of the way they feel, you can actually affect their already fragile self-esteem. All things in time.  We gradually increase the length of each day by 15 minutes.  Then reward the positive behavior. Ensure that the child understands that they are still responsible for the

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Tags: anxiety, autism, behavior, mental health, school, self-help, Stress, tips ·

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