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[quote=Anonymous]13:33 back again, my phone died.

I'm trying to think back.  I know we had clear boundaries in place.  Losing his cool was not an option.  It was repeated to him many times that home/with us was his "safe place."  He could rant if he needed to, but getting physical or blaming us was not okay.

HE had to learn to recognize it himself.  Rapid breathing, slightly  nauseated etc.  It's damn scary because they feel so out of control.

When necessary we would remove him from the situation.  Even if that meant leaving in the middle of something when we first started working on it.

He would get SO incredibly belligerent.  As it turns out now that's part of his personality.  But, we would keep repeating our requests calmly and quietly.  Once he realized that there would be no other reaction he generally gave up.

The thing is that they feel out of control.  For ds, he had to learn that it was okay.. we were his parents and it was our job to maintain control.  He could trust us to do that.  It's a long, long road.  We considered medication but at his age at the time we didn't want to.  We continued with the psychologist for a while, and had to remain diligent in the strategies.

The one thing I will absolutely stress is get help from a professional.[/quote]

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