Tips for a Sensory Friendly Halloween
+ USE SOCIAL STORIES SO KIDS KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT
+ ENSURE HALLOWEEN COSTUMES ARE SENSORY FRIENDLY-COMFORTABLE AND NOT SCARY. CONSIDER CREATING A COSTUME FROM FAMILIAR CLOTHING, REMEMBER, LESS IS BEST
+ HAVE A COUPLE OF PRACTICE RUNS WITH THE COSTUME LEADING UP TO HALLOWEEN
+ PRACTICE TRICK OR TREATING - CHOOSE A ROUTE TO FOLLOW AND WALK IT A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE HALLOWEEN
+ EXPLAIN WHAT SOME OF THE COSTUMES MIGHT LOOK LOOK LIKE AND THAT THEY ARE JUST COSTUMES.
+ TRICK OR TREAT EARLY BEFORE IT GETS TOO BUSY, TRY TO MAINTAIN SOME ROUTINE- KEEP AS CLOSE TO NORMAL BEDTIME AS POSSIBLE
+ WATCH OUT FOR SIGNS OF OVERWHELM OR TIREDNESS AND HAVE A BACKUP PLAN. PERHAPS HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER ON CALL TO PICK UP IF NECESSARY
+ BRING HEADPHONES IF NOISE COULD BE A PROBLEM (THINK SCREAMING, LARGE GROUPS OF EXCITED KIDS)
+ IF KIDS DONT WANT TO TRICK OR TREAT THEY CAN STILL JOIN IN THE FUN BY HANDING OUT TREATS AT THE DOOR IN THEOIR COSTUME.
Have a fangtastic night!!
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