Published on 12, July, 2020
My son loves the slides in play areas. Whenver its time to leave he will have a full on meltdown. What do other parents/carers do to reduce this?
Thank you, my Son would be better with the ten more slides approach as he doesn’t have any concept of time.
We do this and it does help a lot!
Hi,
I used the '10 more go's' with my son when he was little as he had no concept of 5 more minutes. Counting down was a way to get him to do anything! eg Let's see if we can get you dressed in 30.. Tidy up in 20.. Worked a treat.
You could always use visual countdowns on number cards if he responds better to visual prompts.
Good luck
We haven’t tried this yet because of the poor weather which means mud under foot Once the weather gets better we will try this, I am very nervous, thanks for the advice.
Great advice! Thanks.
This sounds like my life six years ago!!!
Have you tried the "in five minutes, in one minute, now" thing? Or "we need to go, how many more slides do you need? ten, OK, I'll count..."
Having a ritual of how you end your time at an activity might help, like "we do three goes down the slide, then run round the big tree and then go and say goodbye to the ducks" can be good too.
Explaining why it's time to go and when you'll next be back might work.
It is just reassuring to know that it doesn’t need to be an issue,
He is five
How old is he?
Thank you for your help
Hi NAS75657,
I'm sorry to hear that you've been having difficulty with your son's behaviour. You may like to have a look at the following pages from the NAS on meltdown which includes some strategies/advice:
https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/behaviour/meltdowns
All the best,
ChloeMod