![]() ![]() There is no way I am giving them a whistle, but the act of breathing in, breathing out will help calm your child when they are time-out upset. Remember that lollipop that my kids get to help calm them? Or the dragon breather? A harmonica in time out is a great tool too. It is very clearly designated and ended when time is up. Yes, we keep the kids safe, but they will not get attention. If we are at a store or in the car and a behavior happens we want to end, they still get a “time out.” These are a tad different. The words “time out” are familiar to all my kids and they know the feelings associated with being detected for doing something wrong. ![]() Here is a picture of the Time Timer, recommended for kids with ADHD and Autism. We must sit with him and help keep him on calm down couch until time is up. For our youngest, we feel a 3 minute time out is a success. Our older kids get 5 minutes for each time out. There are a lot of timers out there, and waiting for one to ding, or watching one move is an effective tool for some. I use one like this, but taking a picture of him in time-out and putting in our visual system is what we will be doing next. But it helps to get him to understand what will happen if he (hits). Another win, win!Ī least favorite, for sure, for my youngest. If you had that success, do you want to have breakfast for your dinner? Do you want control of the TV from 4-5? Do you want to go out for a water ice with daddy at 7? You earn this success, you pick! And we talk about your success. We have meetings to discuss who successfully made it through the previous day with 3 times out or less. We have meetings every morning to talk about what we are doing that day. We are very clear in our house what warrants a time out. How to effectively stop unwanted behavior. It’s effective in getting them to calm the angry time out feeling and fun at the same time. But let’s face it, I don’t want to reward anyone in time-out! A lollipop is awesome! So, when I found this idea for the dragon breather, I thought it was top-notch and my younger kids love it. Sucking on a lollipop is a great calming technique. I know that when I need my son to calm down at a grocery store our other type of outing, I hand him a lollipop. ![]() I gotta admit – I found this one online when I went searching for other ideas. Something to help keep the body work with the mind. For older kids who fidget, toys like a Rubik’s Cube can help. He is almost 5, so thinking putty (putty with a purpose! It is something to help keep his hands busy and his body in time out). He knows it is for a behavior we want to change. Once he is there, he will be upset and mad. That is when he goes to Calm Down Couch.Īt a young age, our sons Occupational Therapist told us time-out would look different for him. So we have a behavior we want to end, coupled with anger for being put in time-out. After losing his speech and not being able to communicate effectively, he reverts back to frustration and anger very quickly. We are trying to teach him what he did was wrong. We are not trying to exacerbate an already upset child. That is where out youngest son with Autism goes for time-out. Here are our 10 tips for the Autism Time-Out. EVERYONE goes into time-out, BUT time-out may look a little different for anyone. For example, it is never okay to hit in this house. It is important for my kids to see everyone in time-out for the same offenses. ![]() Autism or not, all 3 kids face time-out for behavior they need to learn from. Some choices they make they need to learn from. 3 kids that are in the process of learning. ![]()
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