<DIV>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 <I>Social Skills Picture Book</I> 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.</div><div> </div><div>Helpful chapters include:</div> <ul> <li>Meltdowns: When rewards and punishments are not enough</li> <li>What are meltdowns made of?</li> <li>Accepting and appreciating our children</li> <li>De-escalating a meltdown</li> <li>Understanding why repeat problems occur</li> <li>Creating a prevention plan</li> <li>Demands</li> <li>Waiting</li> <li>Threats to self-image</li> <li>Unmet wishes for attention</li> </ul><p> </p>