Partway through discussing with my daughter why she's upset, she reveals a caregiver was talking on her phone and falling asleep during her session time. I am using the Option Process® Dialogue techniques with her to figure out what is going on and why she's upset. I'm an Option Process® Mentor, and use these services with regular people (and autistic people alike as you see) to help them move through difficult issues and "get unstuck". Here she is stuck on an upsetting thought of being in her view, ordered to stay with someone who was neglecting her.
I morph the discussion into a fun activity of texting or calling me when people fall asleep, use their phone, the gas is left on the kitchen, there is someone at the door etc. which should all trigger her contacting me right away. This helps her prepare for the next time, and understand I want her to come get me when people act that way.
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I also give her a dollar now whenever she report someone is falling asleep, etc. using her cell phone. I'm wondering why I waited this long to practice this activity and instruct her this way. I'm also going back to monitoring and/or recording all sessions most likely with my internet camera, tightening up personal phone use rules in our policy agreement with participants, and sending a warning to the person who fell asleep.
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