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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When DC is CALM, we practice scenarios that can make DC have a meltdown. We talk about it, practice with puppets, practice strategies to help calm down. We also contrive the situations at home and right before DC got anxious, I would say "Now, this is when you should pause and (walk away or drink water or ask for a break or tell that person how you feel, etc)."   The key when DC is having a meltdown is to stay calm and try to coach DC to calm down.[/quote]

OP here.  We've been trying this and it is just so hard.  He gets so swept up in his emotions and he just loses it, but when it comes to an end it's like he's exiting a trance and he will softly apologize of make an overture to me that shows he's back to his old self.  When we discuss it afterwards he is very level-headed about it and we discuss strategies, but we have had very little success getting him to apply those strategies in real life.  He also doesn't like talking about what happened, I assume because he's embarassed.[/quote]

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