monday aftershocks

Monday was another bad day for SJ.  I first learned about this from Mr. Brown.  He told me that SJ had a pretty significant meltdown.  He said it lasted for over 15 minutes.  He also told me SJ's aide had a note for me.  

I am not going to write verbatim what she wrote, but it did give me a good synopsis of the meltdown.  

1. He started to get agitated when Mr. London asked for his signed test. (You need a parent signature on bad tests.) She said he finally settled down after he said I still had the test at home.

2. He was in Mrs. Banks class taking a reading test.  He didn't finish (half the class didn't finish) and started crying.  He didn't want to go to lunch.  (He had a obsession over finishing things.)

3. She told him he had to go to lunch, so he was running up the hall.  When she told him not to run, he started crying again.  

4. After lunch, he was crying when she walked into math class.  He was mad about the change in seating that Mr. London made.  She took him to the hall where he continued to cry for 25 plus minutes.  He was complaining as he was crying.  He muttered that he wanted a seat by the door, a seat where he could see the clock, wished school wasn't so boring, wants to finish reading test now, etc.

5. She finally got him calm enough to return to the classroom, but he continued to mutter to himself.

6. He had another meltdown with Mrs. Banks.  He got angry with her about not finishing the test.  He wanted her to give him clues.  He wanted to use the book.  When she couldn't do those things for him, he ripped his paper out of her hand. She told him that wasn't acceptable.  He continued to cry for a few minutes, but eventually settled down.  

When I heard about all of this, I told him there would be a consequence.  I banned him from electronics for all the minutes he wasted at school.  I also made him apologize to Mrs. Banks.  

I hope this is the worst of the meltdowns.  Otherwise, he is going to get more and more serious consequences.