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[quote=Anonymous]First-then. Ocean is reward. First we (eat, dress, put on sunscreen) then we play at the ocean, the faster you dress, the sooner we go.

I know you mentioned there is no ASD in the picture, but some of the tools can help (given speech delay): picture schedules are super useful. in a pinch, you can draw stick figures and show to him, so he can visualize what's happening during this day.

Give choices: we play indoors without sunscreen or we put trunks and sunscreen and go to the ocean (you can do these as corresponding to your 2 hands - he gets to high-five which one he wants).

Give him time to process (this is kid specific, but mine can take 30 seconds to decide, repeating it over and over doesn't speed up the answer).

You can practice choices for other stuff: food, which shirt to wear, etc. the idea is to build up the feeling of (some) control that he has, because he clearly craves it.

Manage sensory input - if it's super loud somewhere, or something else out of the ordinary, it's can be hard to manage at this age - it's work for him, and keeping the lid on is so much harder if there is a sensory overload.

In the longer term, your team of professionals should give you resources on how to best manage.  Also, there is a great virtually-delivered course "Parent-Child Journey" by Dr. Dan Shapiro, who is the pope of the dev. pediatricians in this area. There is also a shorter course on challenging behaviors I believe. I hope this is not considered advertising. [/quote]

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