DS is nearly 8. He's been quite dysregulated since returning to school following summer holidays two weeks ago. As far as we know school is going well, he has lots of friends, and seems happy and reports positively on his day. But he loses his temper with his little sister or us (for no reason), screams and yells, is cheeky, etc. Is this post-holiday meltdown common for children? When DH brought him to bed this evening and told him reading was over he threw a massive strop and was screaming and crying for nearly an hour. He screamed and said mummy go away and then spent 10 minutes shouting for me to come back for a cuddle, but then wanted it to be just so and shouting more about that.
He experienced some traumatic events between 6-7 years and had a full year of therapy, as well as ASD and ADHD assessments (due to beahviour changes at the time, becoming withdrawn and angry) that were negative. Any help on managing this behaviour? It's quite exhausting and I'm worried we'll hardly be in a rhythm before the next holiday comes along 😕