It's definitely normal for the meltdowns and tantrums, but my son has Sensory processing disorder and any difference in routine causes major anxiety in him, and he gets overloaded from noises, smells etc. He also has a speech delay and gets very violent (kicking, biting, scratching, pulling hair) when you don't know what he needs and tends to "lose" his words when like this. Can take minutes to hours to calm him. Which is why it makes things very difficult and being told he is only like this when I'm around is pretty upsetting.

I don't know how to ask my T for help when I really need it. I try to get through things on my own, and I do make it through but I usually come out the other side pretty exhausted and beaten down. My T said one of her old clients booked several weeks in a row in the same time slot that I normally take and since both T & I were OOT she didn't know. I'm not upset over that. It happens, just ironically I seem to need her more when I can't see her.