Despite the difficulties families have faced, 51% reported they had never received any advice or guidance about their child’s elopement behavior from a professional. Only 14% reported receiving such advice from a pediatrician or other physician and only 19% receiving such advice from a mental health professional. If you or a loved one are facing these challenges, call Autism New Jersey’s helpline at 800.4.AUTISM for information and referrals for providers and support groups.
If you or a loved one are facing these challenges, call Autism New Jersey’s helpline at 800.4.AUTISM for information and referrals for providers and support groups.
Safety Planning & Identification Products AWAARE Big Red Safety Tool Kit
The National Autism Association has created the AWAARE (Autism and Wandering Awareness Alerts Response Education) Big Red Safety Tool Kit to help caregivers implement elopement prevention strategies at home. This toolkit includes a Caregiver Checklist, a Family Wandering Emergency Plan, an Autism Elopement Alert Form for first responders, a swimming lessons tool, root-cause scenarios and strategies to help determine why the individual is eloping, social stories, a caregiver log to record the individual ' s elopement history, a sample wandering prevention IEP letter, tracking technology information, a general awareness letter to get a first-responder facilitated tracking program in the community, a
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