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Please help! Any ideas on calming an upset 3yr old with Aspergers??

dannysmum09

Hi, we're really new to this, our son is still waiting for formal diagnosis but is often anxious and upset - he can't yet explain what is bothering him and we're often unsure what to do. Going out is becoming more stressful despite explaining things to him and sometimes nothing seems to calm him down. Any tips or advice massively appreciated!!

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  • hi dannysmum09.  It's difficult when you can't get to the bottom of things.  Does he have a routine, day in, day out?  Changes to that routine will upset him, esp if he's looking forward to going somewhere + expecting it all to work out that way. Sometimes we have a routine which we don't recognise ourselves, but our children do.    Explaining things can be difficult if he doesn't follow what your're saying.  On the other hand, he may follow what you're saying but won't like what he's hearing!  How old is he + is he verbal?  My son, in his 20s, can either explain straight away what's wrong or cannot explain at all.   Sometimes it may be because he's had a number of stressors during the day + they've all piled up on him, or the sequence of events might be long so he hasn't been able to follow it all thru.  All I can suggest is you look in detail at your daily routine. Do you tend to do the same things each day?  What happens in relation to your child if you don't?  That sort of thing..........bw.

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  • hi dannysmum09.  It's difficult when you can't get to the bottom of things.  Does he have a routine, day in, day out?  Changes to that routine will upset him, esp if he's looking forward to going somewhere + expecting it all to work out that way. Sometimes we have a routine which we don't recognise ourselves, but our children do.    Explaining things can be difficult if he doesn't follow what your're saying.  On the other hand, he may follow what you're saying but won't like what he's hearing!  How old is he + is he verbal?  My son, in his 20s, can either explain straight away what's wrong or cannot explain at all.   Sometimes it may be because he's had a number of stressors during the day + they've all piled up on him, or the sequence of events might be long so he hasn't been able to follow it all thru.  All I can suggest is you look in detail at your daily routine. Do you tend to do the same things each day?  What happens in relation to your child if you don't?  That sort of thing..........bw.

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