Behavior charts self harm

1) Hello, I am trying to find a better way of documenting self injurious behavior for an autistic adult who will regularly self harm on a low key level but then occasionally depending on anxiety levels will hit himself with anything that he has in his hand. I do have ABC charts but could benefit from a chart or form that will show at one glance the patterns over a month or 6 months when the adult has been involved in the more severe aspects of self harm, this is because these incidents occur less regularly and the patterns can be disjointed and difficult to correlate over the course of a year in particular. Would anyone know if there are such charts available that ABC charts could be compiled onto? 

2) does anyone have any suggestions to help support an adult to enjoy the cinema more? The person will request to go there and will occasionally enjoy the movie. However on other occasions it will be quite a trigger for heightened anxiety which will lead to grabbing and pulling. If a sad event happens in the film (some one dies) this can cause quite a scene due to upset and yet these are regular features in films, other times it may be nothing to do with the film but rather the environment. I guess what I am asking is if anyone has experienced this before in cinema trips or if there are certain techniques you have found successful during cinema outings? 

Thanks in advance for any advice or support :) 

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  • Is it just me thinking that if I found out someone is trying to record my behaviour efficiently this would feel very patronising and would destroy any trust I had? It's quite a sensitive issue and knowing someone is keeping a tally of it I would put more energy in trying to hide it and therefore have less for dealing with the problem it is a response to. People simply getting the A wrong over and over again, possibly even despite explaining, (or not wrong as such, but missing the most important because it doesn't seem of any significance to others) is another issue that I can imagine will be quite common with someone with ASD, so the whole recording may not actually answer the questions in the end.

  • Thanks for your post, I get your points totally, Thanks for sharing :) 

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