I know that all parents of children with Autism go through this from time to time – knowing that you’re going to be taking your child into a scenario where a meltdown is all but guaranteed. Continue reading
Month: January 2013
Night Moves
A few weeks ago, I posted about the Monster getting moved from the nursery into his ‘big boy bedroom’ (see, “G’bye Mommy! G’bye, Abba!“).
We hear from a lot of our friends about the problems they have with their neuro-typical kids about moving into the big-kid bedroom at some point. We have friends whose kids yell and scream until they’re retrieved when they’re in there. We have others who have figured out that any gate in front of the door is hardly an impediment and manage to break out of solitary on a regular basis on their own. Continue reading
So It’s Progress
Yesterday afternoon was our once-a-month-or-so visit with the developmental therapist at Kennedy Krieger. Continue reading
Back to Normal
This morning was the Monster’s first day back at school in almost two weeks.
Over the vacation, we obviously didn’t keep him to his ‘real’ schedule for lack of having any way to do that. As I’ve mentioned, there was a very large issue with behavior, due to the order of his life breaking down with that regard. Continue reading
And Into 2013 We Go…
Now that it’s New Year’s and the school year resumes tomorrow… it’s time to start thinking ahead to what’s coming down the pike. Continue reading