No More Meltdowns: Positive Strategies for Managing and Preventing Out of Control Behavior (Baker, J.)
Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome (Jackson, L.)
January 20, 2015
Carly’s Voice: Breaking Through Autism (Fleischmann, A.)
January 20, 2015
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It could happen at the grocery store. At a restaurant. At school. At home. Meltdowns are stressful for both child and adult, but Dr. Baker can help! Author of the award-winning Social Skills Picture Book series, Dr. Jed Baker offers parents and teachers strategies for preventing and managing meltdowns. His 20+ years of experience working with children on the autism spectrum, combined with his personal experiences raising his own children, have yielded time-tested strategies, and results! Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies to calm a meltdown in the moment, 3) Understanding why a meltdown occurs, and 4) Creating plans to prevent future meltdowns.
Helpful chapters include:
- Meltdowns: When rewards and punishments are not enough
- What are meltdowns made of?
- Accepting and appreciating our children
- De-escalating a meltdown
- Understanding why repeat problems occur
- Creating a prevention plan
- Demands
- Waiting
- Threats to self-image
- Unmet wishes for attention
(amazon.com)