Re: Anyone use a safety/ID tracking bracelet?

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(((hugs))) you aren't the only one. I really do not like taking Madeline to certain things. Before we started her on medication any time we'd take her to a birthday party it was a HORRIBLE time since the minute we knew we were leaving she would go into full meltdown mode and it was a fight to the death to get her in the car. ALong with the stares and the looks...

Mom to my 4 girls

Madeline, Cayla, Arabella, & Vincenza

"You are the TRIP I did not take

You are the PEARLS I cannot buy

You are the blue Italian LAKE

YOU are my piece of foreign SKY"

---Anne ----

( ) Anyone use a safety/ID tracking bracelet?

My 5 year old remains clueless about parking lots and running away from me in public. I have no idea how to help resolve the issue. In so many ways he reminds me of a 2 year old out of control. Consequences mean nothing, strangers mean nothing. Danger means nothing. I'm wondering if I should get him a tracking/ID bracelet. It seems extreme to me but this is all still so new. My mom had one for alzheimers and it only cost us 10 a month for the battery. Mostly curious if anyone has ever used one and their experiences with it.

I feel like a horrible mom when I cant take my child into public because he either has a meltdown or runs off.. sigh

Guess I'm having a bad day.

Sandy

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not at all my aon has taken off so many times, and then there was me in full panic mode wondering where in the world he went and then there were the cops and social services knocking on my dooe because my son decided to take off down michigan avenue or take a walk in the woods have to say though at least with walk in the woods he had the three dogs with him who led him back. The bracelet could very well help if there is any trouble and it could give you a piece of mind as long as he cant take it off himself

From: boogermeanie@... <boogermeanie@...>Subject: ( ) Anyone use a safety/ID tracking bracelet?Aspergers Treatment Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 10:40 PM

My 5 year old remains clueless about parking lots and running away from me in public. I have no idea how to help resolve the issue. In so many ways he reminds me of a 2 year old out of control. Consequences mean nothing, strangers mean nothing. Danger means nothing. I'm wondering if I should get him a tracking/ID bracelet. It seems extreme to me but this is all still so new. My mom had one for alzheimers and it only cost us 10 a month for the battery. Mostly curious if anyone has ever used one and their experiences with it.

I feel like a horrible mom when I cant take my child into public because he either has a meltdown or runs off.. sigh

Guess I'm having a bad day.

Sandy

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If you can afford to get a tracking bracelet, it might be a smart thing to do. I had one of my ds's - not running off - but he would just wander slowly away. We did lose him a few times and I worried if he did not learn to talk, we would have to get him something like that.

Constant positive reinforcement might work but it can take a long time. We used this to teach my ds to keep his clothes on while in the stores. Each time he went a few minutes with his clothes on, I praised him like crazy and gave him a fishy cracker (his favorite and reserved only for rewards.) I slowly stretched out the intervals in rewarding him, used more praise than treats, and over the course of a summer, we did get him to leave his clothes on while I only had to praise him when i saw him getting fidgety. His shoes took a little while longer.

Anyway, I would not let him get out of the car without your hand on him at all times. Then praise him for walking so nicely with you, holding hands, staying with you, yadda yadda. Get a book of tiny stickers and each few minutes he walks nicely, stick one on his arm with gushing praise. Or whatever might be reinforcing to him. When he bolts, calmly (as possible!) get him and start over again. It might take a long long time but positive rewards work better than yelling or threatening will in the long term. I had a friend who had a runner and she'd scream and yell as she ran after him. He had the biggest smile on his face. I think it really did turn into a fun game for him. And she didn't realize she was reinforcing the game after a while.

Other things you might try is to make a social story with him as the main character and tell about safety and that we stay with mommy at all times. Not the scary stuff but the positive, "We stay with mom when we go to the store. We help mom find the groceries on the list." etc. And give him things to do - give him things to find or discuss what is going on around him. My ds was in a home ABA program so each trip to the store, aside from keeping his clothes on, lol, was a feast of conversation. He had a hard time with WH questions so we did a lot of our work when we shopped. "What color is that? Is that a Fruit or vegetable? can you find the TIDE?" etc. Or in the parking lot as well - "point to the blue car, where is the yellow car? etc."

Roxanna

“Our lives begin to end the day we

become silent about things that matter.†- Luther King, Jr.

( ) Anyone use a safety/ID tracking bracelet?

My 5 year old remains clueless about parking lots and running away from me in public. I have no idea how to help resolve the issue. In so many ways he reminds me of a 2 year old out of control. Consequences mean nothing, strangers mean nothing. Danger means nothing. I'm wondering if I should get him a tracking/ID bracelet. It seems extreme to me but this is all still so new. My mom had one for alzheimers and it only cost us 10 a month for the battery. Mostly curious if anyone has ever used one and their experiences with it.

I feel like a horrible mom when I cant take my child into public because he either has a meltdown or runs off.. sigh

Guess I'm having a bad day.

Sandy

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She started her concerta right after we got the ADHD, primarily inattentive dx which was 3 grade. It took about 5 months to get to the Aspie/pdd-nos dx and she started meds about 4 months after that. We tried a number of meds before she went on Tenex and fluoxetine. You can see HER thru the asperger's. Now when we leave I give her notice and she tends to be alright, but still gets a little mad. Unless it's girl scouts and if it's earlier than what we normally leave...all bets are off.

Mom to my 4 girls

Madeline, Cayla, Arabella, & Vincenza

"You are the TRIP I did not take

You are the PEARLS I cannot buy

You are the blue Italian LAKE

YOU are my piece of foreign SKY"

---Anne ----

( ) Anyone use a safety/ID tracking bracelet?

My 5 year old remains clueless about parking lots and running away from me in public. I have no idea how to help resolve the issue. In so many ways he reminds me of a 2 year old out of control. Consequences mean nothing, strangers mean nothing. Danger means nothing. I'm wondering if I should get him a tracking/ID bracelet. It seems extreme to me but this is all still so new. My mom had one for alzheimers and it only cost us 10 a month for the battery. Mostly curious if anyone has ever used one and their experiences with it.

I feel like a horrible mom when I cant take my child into public because he either has a meltdown or runs off.. sigh

Guess I'm having a bad day.

Sandy

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In response to the safety/ID tracking bracelet idea, definitely check into it if

you have issue with hiding/running away. You can get one for free through your

local police dept. I checked into it and did not do it solely because the

bracelet has to stay on 24/7 and I knew there was no way my ASD daughter would

stand for that.

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> between that and arguing with EVERYTHING also spitting... what meds is she

> on and what ages did she need them?

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> (((hugs))) you aren't the only one. I really do not like taking Madeline

> to certain things. Before we started her on medication any time we'd take

> her to a birthday party it was a HORRIBLE time since the minute we knew we

> were leaving she would go into full meltdown mode and it was a fight to the

> death to get her in the car. ALong with the stares and the looks...

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> Mom to my 4 girls

> Madeline, Cayla, Arabella, & Vincenza

> " You are the TRIP I did not take

> You are the PEARLS I cannot buy

> You are the blue Italian LAKE

> YOU are my piece of foreign SKY "

> ---Anne ----

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> My 5 year old remains clueless about parking lots and running away from me

> in public. I have no idea how to help resolve the issue. In so many ways

> he reminds me of a 2 year old out of control. Consequences mean nothing,

> strangers mean nothing. Danger means nothing. I'm wondering if I should get

> him a tracking/ID bracelet. It seems extreme to me but this is all still

> so new. My mom had one for alzheimers and it only cost us 10 a month for

> the battery. Mostly curious if anyone has ever used one and their

> experiences with it.

> I feel like a horrible mom when I cant take my child into public because

> he either has a meltdown or runs off.. sigh

> Guess I'm having a bad day.

> Sandy

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