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fear of loud noises

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hi everyone, our little grandson is just 3 and has recently been diagnosed with ASD. he loves going to nursery however, yesterday the fire alarm sounded and he was hysterical, he was so terrified and even the nursery staff couldn't calm him down,ever since he has been very subdued not his usual chatty self and refused point blank to go to nursery today, he spent the day with me instead but frequently asked when he would be going home. I thought that maybe he thought i was going to take him to nursery as usually he spends the morning with me and then i take him and he is so intelligent he knows the days of the week and knows this is our usual friday routine. Has anyone any ideas how to get him to go back, as he usually loves to go and thrives there. my daughter is heartbroken and is at her wits end as we all are. thanks sandra

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  • Hi - the fire alarm would have come as a great shock to him, especially if he's got sensory issues related to noise.  None of is like the sound of a fire alarm, especially unexpectedly, then multiply that feeling by 5 or 10 + you get the picture.  I presume the nursery has a regular time/day to test the alarm.  Can you incorporate this into a pictoral timetable for him?  Then he could feel ok about going except for that time/date, or the nursery cd make arrangements for him so he was away from the noise when it was set off.  I noticed you said he understands the days of the week.  If he also understands time of day, days, dates etc then you can write it down for him on a calendar of similar.  Either of these ways of explaining things to him should hopefully be reassuring.

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  • Hi - the fire alarm would have come as a great shock to him, especially if he's got sensory issues related to noise.  None of is like the sound of a fire alarm, especially unexpectedly, then multiply that feeling by 5 or 10 + you get the picture.  I presume the nursery has a regular time/day to test the alarm.  Can you incorporate this into a pictoral timetable for him?  Then he could feel ok about going except for that time/date, or the nursery cd make arrangements for him so he was away from the noise when it was set off.  I noticed you said he understands the days of the week.  If he also understands time of day, days, dates etc then you can write it down for him on a calendar of similar.  Either of these ways of explaining things to him should hopefully be reassuring.

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