Re: Any sugguestions?

[Guest guest]

creating a social story describing that even when kids are out of the

pool they do not have to have their suit off, is a good idea. I've

tried these in other situations and she liked looking at them, I

think she understood. Thank you!

-- In Autism_in_Girls , " sondra " wrote:

>

> sounds as if something unknown to you has been of to trigger her a

> fear or need to control such as in OCD for her to be of responding

> with sudden feeling of agitations towards a once okay things. I to

> had of many times of this too and it usually is of with a trigger

> that caused of it but lacked ability and still do even though

verbal

> to express it. it just becomes of a things that seems so powerfully

> intrusive in my thinking and causes of me this panic like

feelings.

> but to allow of her to have of control over this will not help of

her

> in complete. let her know of a set rule , or social story that swim

> suits are made for swimming and so they are used for wearing in the

> pool and around the pool and that the person swimming might wear

> their suit even if they are out of the pool because they are taking

a

> break but planning to get back into the pool and if she is feeling

> upset by this she can go to her room and or get on the computer and

> or watch a TV show or whatever to help her cope but she cannot hit,

> scream or make others take off their suits when she is done

swimming.

>

> if you sense that she is of building of the anxiety to this you can

> redirect of her to do a specific task such as tell her to go inside

> and change and into her clothing and then she can play on the

> computer. sometimes for me and a few others with spectrum who are

> building in anxiety we build and keep building because no one is of

> redirecting of what we can do instead of sitting there building. If

> she is of creative and likes to make her own stores or draw or

things

> of this maybe she can express it via another method of what she is

of

> thinking for this to cause her panic now.

> sondra

>