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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m missing the why here. Why does he have the tantrums?

Does he not want to do what you ask? If so are your directions clear? Are you using visual supports? Are you consistent? Just because you think he fully understands doesn’t mean he does.

Does he have sensory issues?

Ultimately your child is emotionally dysregulated and needs tools to help him calm down. You have to teach these when he’s feeling fine.

When you go to the park for example you have to show him what you need him to do. Ex. We are going to walk in the park, to stay safe first you have to walk with mom then we can have fun. When we run from mom it’s not safe and we will have to go back.

You can have a picture of him next to you to remind him. When he’s unable you have to follow through and go back.

Nothing will be a magical cure, it’ll take a lot of practice and time.

You can also ask his teacher how he walks with the class around school.

And a schedule seems like generic advice but your doctor is right. Idk if they said a visual schedule but you should have one. And a first then board to help remind your child about what’s next. (NOT to incentivize your kid to listen. No first listen then candy, that doesn’t work long term)[/quote]

Op here. He has tantrums most often because he wants something he cannot have. There are other times when we don’t know or understand why he’s melting down. Just this morning he had a tantrum because he wanted to wear my flip flops and I wouldn’t let him. Then he had a tantrum because he wanted us to go for a drive, but it wasn’t possible to do that this morning.

He does sometimes engage in sensory seeking behaviors, but I’m not sure if that means he has sensory issues? He is totally fine with eating any kind of food, wearing clothes, etc. those things don’t bother him. He does seem to get overstimulated with too much noise/activity, so we avoid situations like that.

I do try to walk him through the steps for different activities but haven’t tried visuals. I’m not sure if that would help. I can give it a try. 
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Is he your first?  I only ask because this sounds like all my kids were at age 3![/quote]

Just saw that he is 4 now- the fact that he is getting more intense instead of less intense is more of a concern for sure.[/quote]

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