Today was not a good day

Today was the day all autism parents dread. The day the school calls and says your child needs to go home due to behaviour. Luckily for us it didn't happen until April. He's done so good and is blowing his teachers away academically. But his behaviour today was not good. Not good at all. Chairs were thrown. Teachers were spit at. Thankfully I have a very understanding workplace and I was able to leave work and take him home. The moment he seen me he knew and the tears started. They were going on a field trip today. An awesome one that he would have really enjoyed. They were going to see the recycling plant. But Kailem knew the second he seen me his teachers were telling the truth when they said his mom was coming to get him. I got to the school as the bell for lunch rang. I seen him literally running out the door in his Spiderman jacket and matching rain boots. Tractor in hand. Ready to go play. "Kailem!" I said. He freezes and looks at me. "Let's go back inside" the tears start and he puts down the tractor and comes and takes my hand. Inside we go. He's crying, I'm trying not to. "Let's find your teacher" so we head into his class and find his teacher and the CYW in his class. "You need to apologize" I tell him. And he does. Even sincerely. He knew that he really messed up today. We grab his bag and head to the car to go home. At home we cleaned up his cars and put those away for the rest of the day and took his tablet away. As I sit here writing this he's got part of his cheese string hanging out of his mouth eating his lunch. Hopefully he learns that his behaviour has serious consequences.