Gift Aid and making your donation go further Our patron, president and vice presidents You can always call or email or schedule a parent coaching session to get individualized strategies to help you and your family.Understanding and supporting autistic people You are ot alone and AANE is here to help. Seek out support. Meltdowns can be very tough on children and parents. Never scold the child for the meltdown but use the information you have gathered to work with the child to prevent it in the future. Reassure the child with your calm, quiet actions that family life is all right.Īfter the meltdown is completely over you may want to write a note about when it happened, what trigger might have started it, was the child hungry or tired, did the child do a task too long, or any other helpful facts that you can use to prevent it in the future. Be sure the meltdown is completely over before you give directions or it will just start up again. If the meltdown has trashed the room, you and the child can slowly clean up together later. Do not talk about the meltdown at all now. These first choices are nurturing and caring showing them that your first wish is for them to know they are OK and it’s over now. (“Would you like to wash your face?” or “Would you like water?”). Say the choices in the fewest words possible. Offer choices: In your quiet, slow speech, give them a couple of choices that they can choose to do now to feel better. Slow: Their language processing is generally slower than ours (especially after a meltdown) so speak few words and each word slowly. Low: Use a low, quiet voice to speak to your child. Once the child’s body starts to relax and you know the meltdown is coming to an end, use these approaches:
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If your child requires holding to remain safe be sure that you have the input from a professional who is trained to do this and that your child’s team of professionals is working to help you prevent this level of support for the future. Do not touch them and be a silent observer making sure they remain safe. Keep them (and others) safe, with as little input as possible, and wait quietly until it’s over. If you have not caught their escalation ahead of time, or there was no warning and the child goes right into the meltdown just remember that they cannot listen and follow directions well right now. The more you can learn the actions your child does to alert you that it’s coming the more you will learn to prevent them. These are the few moments left when the child can still listen and think and may be able to make a choice to avoid the meltdown. If you are able to recognize the behaviors that tell you a meltdown is coming, use the Calm Down Plan. Your child is overloaded and is incapable of rational thinking.
If you have a child who has meltdowns, consider the following: After a meltdown parents can feel exhausted and wonder if they responded correctly. Many children with Asperger profiles have meltdowns.
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