num_pages: 150
description: It could happen at the grocery store, at a restaurant, at school, or 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. Over twenty 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, four-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life, including managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, learning strategies to calm a meltdown in the moment, understanding why a meltdown occurs, and creating plans to prevent future meltdowns. Helpful chapters : When rewards and punishments are not enoughWhat are meltdowns made of?Accepting and appreciating our childrenDe-escalating a meltdownUnderstanding why repeat problems occurCreating a prevention planAnd more!
language: English
title: No More Meltdowns: Positive Strategies for Managing and Preventing Out-Of-Control Behavior
publisher: Future Horizons