The Autism Discussion Page on Stress, Anxiety, Shutdowns and Meltdowns
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The Autism Discussion Page on Stress, Anxiety, Shutdowns and Meltdowns

Proactive Strategies for Minimizing Sensory, Social and Emotional Overload

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Autism Discussion Page on Stress, Anxiety, Shutdowns and Meltdowns

Proactive Strategies for Minimizing Sensory, Social and Emotional Overload

About this book

Anxiety, meltdowns and emotional regulation can be hugely challenging for autistic people. This book is full of proactive strategies for understanding, accepting and respecting the processing differences in autism. It contains tools for reducing sensory, social and mental drain, and offers strategies to protect from ongoing stress and anxiety. These help minimize shutdowns and burnout, while maximizing self-esteem, autistic identity and mental health.

Learn strategies for matching environmental demands to the person's processing needs, how to support vulnerabilities, and how to prevent and manage meltdowns while protecting the identify and self-esteem of the individual with autism.

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Information

Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781785928048
eBook ISBN
9781784508340

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. 1. Be True to their Neurology
  3. 2. Autism as an Information Processing Difference
  4. 3. Brain Drain from Processing Strain
  5. 4. Appraising the Processing Demands of Activities
  6. 5. Stress and Distress
  7. 6. Autism and Anxiety
  8. 7. Coping Skills
  9. 8. Anxiety and Rigidity
  10. 9. Anxiety, Opposition and Demand Avoidance
  11. 10. Shutdowns and Meltdowns
  12. 11. Preventing Meltdowns
  13. 12. Supporting Meltdowns
  14. 13. Sensory Overload
  15. 14. Social Challenges
  16. 15. The Costs of Fitting In
  17. 16. Living with Executive Dysfunction
  18. References
  19. Blank Page