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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 again - just to add, he may at present be thinking the alarm will go off every day but he may or may not know the exact time?  So he'll be averse/anxious about ??  If you do a pictoral daily calendar then maybe it needs to go for longer than 1 wk + also he needs it to be explained to him all the days the alarm will not go off.  Obviously the nursery need to strictly adhere to that + if they ever change their "fire drill day" then you need lots of advance notice.  Good luck with everything.

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  • Hi again - just to add, he may at present be thinking the alarm will go off every day but he may or may not know the exact time?  So he'll be averse/anxious about ??  If you do a pictoral daily calendar then maybe it needs to go for longer than 1 wk + also he needs it to be explained to him all the days the alarm will not go off.  Obviously the nursery need to strictly adhere to that + if they ever change their "fire drill day" then you need lots of advance notice.  Good luck with everything.

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