Preventing Penalty Escalation
In order to pre-plan a punishment and upper limit, you need to have already chosen a behaviour to address. For my son, it was dealing with his after-school meltdowns; for my daughter, it's coping wit…
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Red-Caped Crusader to the Rescue
My creative self!! I messed up and shared my story in the first half, the cape came about after I was called super mom by another advocate in the line of fetal alcohol education, I now have a cape fo…
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Tiny Treat Heads Off Tantrums
My son loves bright things like glitter and purples, and needs something for his hands all the time. I had to use his IEP to make sending trinkets and toys to school, since that is usually against th…
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Put the Rules in Writing
For example, if my son doesn't want to buckle up in the van, I tell him he has to, it's the law and rule #25, and then I show him the rule. While each rule is written on a 2 x 3 card, I have also dev…
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