It is natural to want to teach children to make amends when they have behaved inappropriately, e.g. getting them to pick things up after they have trashed a room. However, children with autism who reach meltdown often need a long time to really calm down (even if outwardly they appear fine); if we try to get a child to make amends while the adrenaline is still in their system this might be enough to set them off again.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 21:28:11 +0000