What can I and the school do to help? My daughter is known at school to be a 'runner' and this happened again today. She was offsite, and did her work, all fine. Walked to the pet shop and looked round, all fine. They walked out the door and boom, she was running. They lost sight of her for about 30 minutes and then was about to call the police to report her missing again. They found her and walked towards her. She walked away so they gave her space.
She was then laying on the floor, so one staff walked up to her and asked if she wanted her weighted blanket. No response but they put it on her anyway because this is what she always asks for. The staff was trying to talk to her, asking her questions, which she likes, but they got no response. No movement from her at all. She was like this for 10 minutes. They then moves closer to school and still limited movement and no talking, soem giggles maybe. They moved to outside the school and she then came around more and was able to shake and nod her head but not talk, until about another hour later. She was then able to move, sit up and was talking normally again.
I'm just trying to get a better understanding because this is happening a lot and frequently. Nearly everyday. We don't know why she ran off, but they have their own thoughts to why. What can we do to help her when she can't speak or move? It must be scary for her and we don't know what to do to help. It can last from 15 minutes to all day, which happened once. She layed on the floor, did not move or talk.
