refuses to walk

I am glad you seem to have sorted out your problem.  If anyone else needs an alternative to hand holding when out he is an idea to try:

My brother wears a rucksack with his things in when he is out walking.  This is fastened at the front so he can't get it off, and it can have a lead attached to it.  This means that someone can walk behind or next to him, without the lead being obvious and without him being able to run away.

Aw, that's great ... I love it when our children do something well and are genuinely pleased with themselves ... it's so encouraging.

Hope it works as well today again.

GG

Well we managed to walk the full mile to playscheme yesterday without too much incident .He was so pleased with himself . In fact he had quite a good day yesterday . We are going to try it again today .I used the reward method .Lets hope it works again today .

shirley x

Good luck..take your time..and 'motivational tools' 

xx

We are walking to playscheme today without his buggy fingers crossed we all make it in one piece ...will write with an update

shirley x 

My lad doesn't throw himself down when we're out but he has no concept of danger and has to hold my hand which he hates ... he reacts by digging his nails into my hands and trying to pull my fingers apart (which hurts!).  We try encouraging him and rewards which often works. 

Hope you get on OK. 

GG x

Similar to the post above I would also try a motivator. Either using the idea above or that he recieves the item at the end of the walk or when you reach your destination. A visual representation of this could only help especially at a young age.

Good Luck

hi, thanx for your reply , I think anything is worth a try .Due to his unawareness of danger when we are out he needs to take our hand but this is something hes not comfortable with . but we will definately try your method  

Hi Sanders,

I don't know whether or not this is something you would be comfortable with, but we resorted to good old fashioned bribery! I don't we experienced the extremes you are having, but we carried a packet of small sweets when we went out. When he threw himself on the floor we persuaded him up with one. As he continued to walk nicely he got another one, and so on. We've slowly increased the time between rewards and it works pretty well to the point now that he goes most places willingly (we always take what we like to call 'motivational aids' though just in case!). We used things like a mini box of smarties, or a packet of crisps so he wasn't getting too much sugar at once and you can give little and often if that's what you need. We found the positive reinforcement and distraction as a combination worked well.

Luke