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[quote=Anonymous]I worked really hard to identify antecedent behaviors so I could intervene early.  I used to make a plan for absolutely everywhere we went. As soon as I walked in, I’d be scouting out a location where I could remove my son the second certain behaviors and reactions started. If/when he calmed enough we’d go back to whatever we were doing. If he couldn’t pull it together, we’d either stay at our quiet place or we’d leave when that was possible without incident. And a previous plan didn’t necessarily work again in the same location because crowds and other things that change in a given location would affect the suitability of the location.

Those were tough years for us. It got better. But I was always on duty because spouse didn’t recognize the early signs fast enough and son wasn’t as responsive as to me. I kept going out because I didn’t want to be stuck in our house and I felt like things would only improve with continued exposure. The key to this was identifying the antecedent and intervening immediately no matter how inconvenient.

Prior to having my kids, I worked with special needs kids who had serious behavioral problems. [/quote]

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