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[quote=Anonymous]17:29 again.  My oldest DS (not the one I posted about at 17:29) greatly benefitted from OT for low frustration tolerance and emotional regulation.  The OT utilized the Alert program and created a 'book' for DS.  The book was called "Larlo's Mission Control Book".  His mission was to be 'in control' and contained pictures, selected by DS, that showed him various moods starting with the happy/good ones and moving to a couple of pictures of him when he was not at his best - where he was 'not in control' or 'out of control'. The book concluded with pictures of him doing things he and the OT brainstomed he could do to get back 'in control'.

I can't oversell his Mission Control book. It was made when he was in K and I sent a copy of it to each teacher until he was in about 3rd grade. It really helped him understand what he was feeling and how he could change what he was feeling.  He was in control of what he was feeling and learned what things he could do when he was struggling with those negative feelings.  The OT would plan activities, sometimes just the two of them, sometimes with other kids there for OT appointments, that were likely to generate negative emotions (including frustration) and then taught/guided him how to use the book. It wasn't unusual for other kids to be working on the same thing so the lessons were reinforced.

Everyone in our family benefited from the Mission Control book.  Younger sibilings learned the calming techniques (we still use 'control breaths' even though they're all young adults) and how to talk about what they were feeling.  It also helped DH and I because it gave us a framework we could use at home. What a win!
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