No More Meltdowns
Author | : Jed Baker |
Publisher | : Future Horizons |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2012-10-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781935274278 |
ISBN-13 | : 1935274279 |
Rating | : 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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.