Toddler struggling with transitions help
My likely autistic + adhd toddler is really struggling with big transitions, mainly things like going to school and coming home from school. Every single time it is either a huge meltdown or it takes hours of waiting and negotiating to get her to leave.
Mornings are so hard getting her clothes on and in the car seat, she says she doesn’t want to go to school. We typically spend 30 mins to an hour sitting outside after picking her up from school because she isn’t ready to go home, and if we make her leave it ends in a huge meltdown (more of an autistic nervous system meltdown than a typical toddler tantrum) and her screaming that she doesn’t want to go home.
We just left the dentist where she did great but she didn’t want to leave. I had to go to work so we had to force her to go before she was ready and she had a huge meltdown screaming I don’t want to go home and biting and hitting herself the whole car ride home.
Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this intense struggle with transitions and what helped?