• unable to communicate
• 'stealing' things from school

• emotional deadness, stress, frustration with boy and extra work to return items (but is this at least getting her out of the house?)
• maybe a scene with a teacher talking about 'stealing'
• unresolved grief???
• connects to her son, through the contents of his pockets
• 
  

• missing
• presumed recently deceased (maybe folded flag on the wall???) or no clues at all
• not cnelear, left to audience

• autistic
• non-verbal
• alone
• collects objects in the pockets of an old army coat he wears (obviously a bit big)
• needs to communicate to his mother, but can't

• objects 
  • plant something that is misdirection
    • Dad's old car key, medal, etc,
  • always an object of the father's mixed in
    • keys
    • medal
    • gun??
    • 
      

• Conflict situation
  • Something at school?
  • need to communicate to resolve
    • serious/dramatic
    • Father at work day?    

• Opening of Act 3 - 
  • mother connects school newsletter to contents of the pockets?
  • Mother at home, not coping and all she does is empty the pockets, pile the contents on a shelf before washing his clothes
  • staring at all the piles, realises what she is seeing

• Size and portability
• Height
• Material
• Tripod Head

1. A young boy in his class, collected sticks, rocks, leaves, shells , etc. and he would line them up like a timeline.  It took a while for us to catch on that he actually put them in order of finding, pretty amazing. 
2. He used to, still does, set up 'scenes' with his toys.  He is a movie kid so his scenes were mostly based on them.  They are amazing, one of the best was the bar scene from Star Wars.  He sets up scenes outside too, creating habitats that were accurate for the animals, etc.  Every toy had to be appropriate for the scene.
3. He has always been a flapper (stimming)  He woud zone out a lot!  We'd holler, shake, whatever we needed to get him back in our world.  (Could be a good establishing scene - Mother talkng and realises Jordy has 'zoned')
4. He would seek out hiding spots everywhere we went.  At meets (track, X-country, whatever) we would make a 'tent' for him to block out all the stimulus.  Headphones with a book on tape really helped.  At a qualifying regional track meet for his brother, he was 5 or 6, and it was so hot, his dad emptied a tub we had brought stuff in and had the groundskeeper fill it with water.  Dan sat in that tub with the lid (not sealed obviously) on it almost the whole meet.  People walking by asked if we had fish in it.  Hahahaha.  Dan would pop up every once in a while to ask for things.  His language at this oint wasn't good though.  You just have to adapt anyway you can to help them get thru any situations.
5. Shopping malls, I'd have about 30 minutes tops if he was in his stroller with headphones and a book on tape (well, only if it wasn't Christmas season - that took many more years to get thru all the decorations and extra noise).
6. In Dr's offices he would squirm, squish, shove himself into any hiding spot he could (under the tables, behind chairs, behind me, anywhere).  The lights and big open waiting rooms were the worst for him at that age.
7. Open/outdoor markets his dad would carry him on his back in one of those hiking packs (even when he was 6 or7) to keep him in a "safe cocoon".  He'd find toys or objects that we had no idea what they went to but he'd get them and make them into incredible things, almost always movie related.
8. He was never left behind, we all just 'helped' him cope with the rest of the world.
9. He had the best preschool teacher ever!  She taught me so much too and I worked as a teacher's assistant with her for a while.  We had a little girl that would be so anxious to the point of obsession about which parent would be picking her up, sometimes Mom, sometimes Dad.  It was a simple thing the teacher found to help, two backpacks, a pink one for when Mom was picking her up and a blue one for Dad's days, was all it took.  She could see which one was hanging up and we never had another issue after that.  (I may be able to use this as a point of conflict, Jordy insisting on taking his 'blue" backpack, even though Dad can't pick him up)
10. Dan's hardest thing was transitions.  He had a toy he'd bring into the class that went straight into a basket, that was kept up high.  When he was given the toy back it meant he had to go straight to the car.  It also meant that I could not talk to anyone as soon as he got it I had to leave. LOL.
11. We had a little that was nonverbal, non-responsive that we worked with for a year.  Unfortunately we never did gain any kind of progress with him but we did discover that red clothes were a trigger for him (get agitated to almost violent).  The following year we had another little boy, higher functioning, that also had the same "red" trigger.  The little guys father ended up throwing away all his red shirts once he realised what was going on.
12. Dan still uses that 'transition' helper.  That is why he's always asking how many toys he can take with him.  Although they get left in the car most of the time (not allowed at program), at practice or other outings he chooses a small one that won't be obvious in his pocket.  Now he's adapted it himself for program and chooses cards with creature info on them.  (Perhaps a 'soldier' toy to represent his Dad?  Toy Story Army man?)

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