He escaped from schoolcan't wait to get started. HarrietHow scary! Here's my collection of elopement resources, including what the school can do, in case anyone needs tips and info: http://www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24582&am p;KW=elopement Yikes, glad he got back safe & sound. Any way he can show you where he left from? Obviously he knows or knew a way out that the adults don't, which would be good for everyone involved to figure out. Hope you can relax enough to get some sleep tonight. Thankfully he is safe. The tracking device is a must. I know that in our neighboring town they also issue amber alert id cards. If your child is missing the id card with your child's picture has a bar code which the police can scan automatically to issue an amber alert. I don't know if it is available evrywhere but I would call the police department to find out. Oh I am so glad he is safe...I think the man who stopped him must be an angel...I think the tracking system is a good Idea.How old is your son? HI, I just called the county about the tracking system. They are sending me the papers to register, then they decide if my son qualifies. As he is nonverbal and a runner, I would be amazed if he doesn't. It is a $90 start up fee, and $30 a month, but if we pay for an entire year at once, they only charge us for 10 months. I also ordered him another medical bracelet today. Hopefully, these two things, plus renewed vigilance on the part of the school will keep him safe. Thanks for all your kind words. HarrietSo glad someone nice found him and he is o.k. Great job being pro-active on getting something set up for him just in case it ever happens again. I am glad he was found safe and sound, and thankfully the man who found him was 1)wise enough to see something wasn't right so kept him safe and 2) more importantly wasn't a perve looking to do harm. So hopefully the school has learned the lesson to never let their guard down, just because it hasn't happened in a long time doesn't mean it won't. Alarms on all doors and windows if necessary. Ths is my greatest fear! DS is 6, nonverbal and a bolter the first chance he gets. This year in Kindergarten I am afraid his teacher will lose him, she isn't used to working with autistic kids (she has been in special ed but more with physically disabled kids). Already he managed to get free coming in from recess but thankfully another teacher saw him running the halls and brought him back before he could get outside. We don't have a tracking system here, I will keep looking for options though. We have installed an alarm system at home, it tells us whenever any outside leading door including garage entrance or window is opened. It's loud enough to wake me up. Wont keep him in but he won't have that big a head start if he does get out, worth the $50 a month for service to have peace of mind. This afternoon, when I went to pick up Ravi,the head of the center pulled me aside because she wanted to discuss an "incident". Turns out, during a transition period, Ravi managed to bolt. Usually he just heads for the OT room. also, before he runs, he gets really stimmy and loud. This afternoon was different. He just left. Managed to leave a building that is in lockdown (or they thought was) and took off up the block. Thankfully, a nice man in a bookshop saw him, thought something was off, and took him inside. A few minutes later, the therapists had all fanned out onto the streets and he stopped one of them and asked if they were looking for Ravi. So, he was taken back without incident. The therapists were all considerably haggard, but Ravi was just fine. He has NO sense of danger. And being nonverbal, he cant ask for help. The therapists apologized profusely to me, (Were they afraid I would sue?) and swore it would never happen again. (It better not!) Anyway, our county has just started a new tracking system for vulnerable kids and adults, and I am going to call them tomorrow. It's been so long since Ravi has run off, I think we all got a little complacent. A tracking band seems the logical way to go, now. Now, if I could just stop shaking! It's over, he's home, he's okay, but I am a wreck.Harriet Wow scary, my child has did that 3 times but never made it off of school grounds but that was 2 years ago. |
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