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Hair cutting and dressing

shopgirl

Can anybody help! How on earth do I get my son (3.5yrs) to have his hair cut without having a meltdown? Until a few months ago he was not so bad but recently has decided this hurts. I've done all the prep with social stories, role play on teddy, images on the internet & YouTube. We even said grandma could do it at home so it was someone and where familiar. Help!!!!

also we've been working towards teaching him to dress himself for a while now but it's going so slowly. I read something yesterday that suggested it's common for kids with asd to never learn to dress themselves. Is this true?

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  • try having it cut in 2 stages, one week the front as this won't look so bad and reward him, the next have the back trimmed and again reward him. then ask the salon owner if you could visit without a haircut for a couple of weeks before his next trim, reward him after each visit. be sure to let him see you have your own done on a regular basis. hope it goes well in future, what ever happens it would be counter productive to cause him stress, when he's ready he will do this thing without drama. rob
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  • try having it cut in 2 stages, one week the front as this won't look so bad and reward him, the next have the back trimmed and again reward him. then ask the salon owner if you could visit without a haircut for a couple of weeks before his next trim, reward him after each visit. be sure to let him see you have your own done on a regular basis. hope it goes well in future, what ever happens it would be counter productive to cause him stress, when he's ready he will do this thing without drama. rob
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