No Sense of DangerWelcome to the board! My son has no clue either. He will echo my warnings, but doesn't really 'get it' because he will still dart at every chance. I just make sure I dead bolt the doors and try not to leave him attended. Good luck. We struggle with this too and my dd's only 2. My biggest fear is that she will still be the same way when she's older, bigger, and faster. I already have a hard time physically holding/stopping her. We've had some limited success with the 123 Magic technique when using it with "stop" behaviors. I say limited b/c it's hit or miss - sometimes she seems to understand and other times it seems to just make her angry and cause a tantrum, other times she zones out. We did something similar when our older dd was 2, but she was easy. DH and I sat one night and literally "practiced" with her. To this day when I tell her to come on and she says "but MOM!" all I have to say is "1"! She's by my side before I can get to "2". But then again, she was NT.......I have no idea what works best with ASD kids. Of course, this same approach hasn't worked with Ansley. I just thought it might be worth a try since your child is a little older. OOOPS! My apologies! My last post probably doesn't make much sense then........Sorry! Welcome to the board MaddieMax. Unfortunately many of us deal with the safety awareness issues and have to put all kind of locks, alarms, and other safety devises on our homes, windows, doors, gates, and children. My son was a runner. All I can say is CONSISTENCY. I would tell him what we were going to do and and what I expected him to do. I also told him what would happen if he ran, and kept with it consistently. (Ex. We are going to walk to the park. You are to walk holding my hand. If you run from me we will go home. Then as soon as he ran and I caught him I took him home throwing a fit and reinterated We were going to the park. You were to walk holding my hand. You ran so now we have to go home. After he calmed down we would try again in the same manner. I know this isnt exactly the escape approach. we had to lock everythign and keep it locked! Fortunatley he didnt learn how to get around the locks. Have you tired the alarm systems you put on the child that alert you when they are more so many feet away from you? keith did this this summer. he grabbed a pullup and a cup of juice and set off for the playground 12 blocks away! it was suggested that we, parents get the kids med-alert bracelets or necklaces with all their info on it. i saw at walmart yesterday, a machine where you type in whatever you want it to say, and it prints out dogtags right there while you wait. it was 5.00. i have the shrill alarms on my doors that chirp when they are opened. the bigger kids can disarm it when they go in or out. but we always keep all of the doors to the outside bolted. hth kate This is my first posting. My son, Maxie, will be 6 next month. He is PDD-NOS. He is doing very well generally, but he has absolutely no fears of dangers or dangerous situations. Today he snuck out of the house ran down the street and into a busy intersection. It's a very serious situation. Besides the obvious door proofing remedies, has anyone had any experience with behavioral approaches or appropriate videos that might help teach him what to normally be afraid of? ThanksTHIS IS ALL ARE FEARS.WELCOME TO BOARD..MY SON USED TO GET OUT WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER,WE ALSO HAD A PITBULL THAT NEVER LET HIM OUTTA OF HIS SITE,LIKE A AUTISTIC AWARENESS DOG,THE SCARIEST FEELING IS WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND HOUSE N CHILD GONE,THOSE 3SECS.R HORRIBLE I KNOW,MANY TIMES,HE WOULD GET OUT BEFORE AGE 3 AND DOG N HIM STAYED PUT..DEW(DOG) WOULD BLOCK HIM,BUT AFTER A FEW INSTANCES HIS DAD INSTALLED A LOCK THAT HAS A CHAIN ON OUTSIDE DR.,BUT FROM WITHIN IT SHOOTS STARIGHT UP INTO A BOARD TOWARD CEILING,ALONG W/A SAFETY CHILD KNOB ON DOORKNOB.SO WHEN U LEAVE,ADULT HAS TO TURN KNOB N PULL CHAIN TO GET OUT AT SAME TIME..EVERYONE WHO COMES HERE HAS HARDEST TM GETTIN OUT...MY EX. WASN'T LETTING HIM GET HURT.ALSO DO YOU HAVE A BEHAVIORAL THERAPIST WHO WORKS W/HIM.MY SON IS 5 NXT.WK..N STARTED RUNNIN OFF AGAIN,HASNT REALLY DONE IT IN A LONG TIME.BUT NEW SCHOOL STARTED AND ROUTINES OFF.FORGET TAKING HIM TO FOOD STORE..GOOD LUCK.Thanks everyone for taking the time to write. There have been so many helpful responses. All my doors are locked!!I have nightmares about Luke getting hit by some big ol' SUV in a Walmart parking lot. Until maybe a few weeks ago, he would try to run whenever he was not confined (to his carseat or in the stroller) -- though recently he actually seems to understand "stay by Mommy" and will give me his hand when we're out. Still, if we're in a playground or somewhere that he's running, he would/could run right into the street without thinking about it. He's only 2.5, so I hope and pray that as his receptive/cognitive skills improve, so will his safety awareness. I read with interest others' responses to your question -- in case his sense of danger doesn't improve. |
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I just re-read your post and realized that I think I mis-understood you. You weren't talking about him running away from you, I think you were talking about him going out on his on - not realizing if a situation is dangerous or not................