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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They need a written plan. He is either avoiding something or getting attention from running away. I would heavily reinforce him staying in his assigned location and have an immediate consequence for running away. I would ask for anecdotal notes of each episode including what happened just before and what happened after, and analyze that info. I would make him spend some of his free time discussing each incident that same evening so he pays a price and can't tell you someone did him wrong if the teacher gave you notes.[/quote]

OP here - We have tried every consequence under the sun. nothing works. He literally has no toys in his room, no more use of the ipad, he doesn't watch tv, he doesn't play with friends (even though he really needs to socialize). The only thing he has are his books (which I won't take away) so I don't know what other consequence to try.  By the time we talk with him at home, he is over it so we don't get the full understanding (in his point of view) of what happened. Last Thursday, we met with the principal and mentioned to her that we want to get the details of what occurred prior to certain behaviors, so that we can understand potential triggers, but that has not happened yet. Not sure if that is something that we can "require".[/quote]

Consequences after the fact are probably not going to influence him in a moment of intense frustration or anxiety at school. If it's not effective, I think it just ends up harming your connection to him and would be inclined to back off on the consequences a bit. He feels like he is in an intolerable situation and has to literally escape, right then, which is an extremely difficult thing to address by consequences.[/quote]

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