Halloween Prep
With a few weeks to go until Halloween, this is a great time to practice wearing the costume. Start off with a timer and ask your child to wear it for a minute. It may be that this little prompt is all you need. Your child might decide to leave the costume on after a minute and wear it for the rest of the day…wonderful!
If a minute is distressing for your child, this is probably not the right costume for this year. Maybe rethink it.
If it seems fine for your child to tolerate the costume for short periods, build up over the next couple of weeks until the big night. Practice how to get out of it to use the bathroom and make sure it is a good weight for the temperature in your area on Halloween. Here in CT, Halloween night is often cold and sometimes rainy…we’ve even had snow on Halloween…ugh!
Just keep this one on your radar so when the schedule is different on Halloween, the costume won’t be an added source of stress. After all, it is supposed to be fun!
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Erica Mauro is a mom to two teenage boys, Will who is neurotypical and Michael with Autism and cognitive delays. She holds a BA in Psychology from Colgate University and a Masters of Psychology in Education from Columbia Teacher’s College. Before staying home with her children, she worked as an elementary school teacher. For five years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with special needs. In partnership with her husband Dave, she aspires to parent by using daily life as an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, seizing on real experiences as opportunities to build skills and strategies for Michael in a joyful, loving home environment. On the tougher early days, she just tried to get everyone safely to bedtime and start fresh in the morning. *wink* 
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