#Summer meltdown 2021 registration
Most kids love summer break and with a few minor tweaks to add in some structure, summer break can be a great time for kids on the spectrum too.Ready, sweat, go! Registration is now open for the 2022 Meltdown 5K and 1 Mile Family Fun Run and Walk, centerpieces of LakewoodAlive’s Lakewood Summer Meltdown taking place Saturday, July 16, from 4 to 10 p.m. Obviously, no day is perfect, so when those meltdowns do come think of the silver lining and try to use it as a time to work or test new calm down strategies. For those Mommas that work, these might be some tips or tricks you could suggest to your daycare or a babysitter if they are struggling through summer schedule changes as well. Obviously, my advice fits with my current situation of being a stay-at-home mom. Summer is when I get to enjoy the time with my kids, even if some days I just want to pull my hair out by the end of the day! But hey, that is basically what motherhood is anyway right? Even though Damion thrives on his school schedule, he is gone for such a large chunk of the day during school and I really miss him. Motherhood to a special needs child is an extra lot of work. Keeping the schedule going, still working hard on those goals. Also, by giving the schedule daily, we can always make small adjustments so our weeks are not identical and we can try a few new things as well. Going one day at a time won’t fix all things unexpected, but it should help minimize them. For kids that do better with visual help a picture schedule every morning may be a good idea too. I have found it is best to give him verbal rundown of the days events when he wakes up in the morning. I cannot control the weather or if something comes up last minute, so giving him a run down for the week is not always the best option as he holds me to what I say. I am pretty careful on the schedule I present to Damion. We are fortune to have parents with a pool nearby so that is our go to most days. He learned quickly that once he completed his work, and ate his “big boy bites” at lunch, we would be off to do something fun. We would generally save our “out of the house” activity as a reward for doing a little bit of writing work, followed by an at home kind of feeding therapy for lunch. Whether it is life skills or keeping pace with things they learned in school, every little bit helps. Our closest local park or a quick trip to see grandma and grandpa work just fine for us.Īlways a good habit to still be working on goals. What can I say? My boy loves to be on the go. At least that is how it is at our house anyway.
#Summer meltdown 2021 full
For some reason, full days at home seem to set the mood for bad behaviors. I’m not going to say it is not exhausting to feel like you have to leave for a little every day. Plan to leave the house a little bit each day.But I was ok with his pushed routine too. You better believe that every subsequent time we went he would ask to get ice cream. An example is we would visit my grandmother once a week, and the first time we went to see her we stopped for ice cream after. As a forewarning this may mean that he starts to make up his own routine a bit as well. Now our summer schedule may not be quite as involved as a school schedule, but for the most part, it gets the job done. Obviously one of the easier ways to combat meltdowns for a kid that prefers to be on a schedule is to put them on a schedule. Here are some tips and tricks that I use with my autistic son to maximize our summer fun while minimizing any meltdowns due to schedule changes. It took us some time to adjust, but over time we’ve worked through it. It felt like an unending time full of meltdowns. The summer after Damion started school was one of the hardest we’ve had. For most kids this is a big plus, but for kids on the spectrum that thrive on routine, summer can hit some hard spots.
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Warm weather, swimming, lots of time outside soaking in the Vitamin D It just all seems to put me in the best mood.