Posted by All Done on October 16, 2006, at 17:40:52
In reply to Re: Is it all my fault?, posted by Gee on October 4, 2006, at 19:43:23
> Maybe you could try telling him that you'll stay for 5 minutes. Have a timer and when the five minutes goes off you leave? My mom had a daycare and we found that worked. Or you could try making a social story. You know with pictures of him doing everything. Like in the mornings before school we have breakfast (with a picture of him at the table), (new page) we brush our teeth (pic), then we get ready to go. We.... then when you get to the school pictures of him doing what he's suppose to do, and a picture of you returning, with the words something like, mommy returns and finds a happy _____ playing with his friends. Mommy loves _____ very much. Try reading it to him before you go, and when you get to school. I hope it helps. GOod luck
Thanks, Gee! I think you must have channeled the counselor before he came to talk to us! As I mentioned in my earlier post, he gave us the same suggestions of making a book and setting a time limit on saying goodbye each day.
We're working on the pictures and I've brought him to a few stores and he's picked out stickers to use in the book. I want to get pictures from a few days so he can help me choose the "good" ones. We've still had a mix of days, some good, some difficult. I've tried my hardest to spare him all my "stuff" and only give him the good stuff to mimic, but he seriously knows what pushes my buttons.
I'll let you know how the story turns out. Thanks, again!
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