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Welcome to S-O-S Best of the Best (BoB), Edition 10. This month’s topic was provided by Martianne Stanger and is on helping special needs kids to calm down and/or refocus after a meltdown or stressful event. Sixteen authors have provided over 60 tips and hints that may be exactly what you need for your child!
These bloggers have worked hard to bring you their best ideas. Get started reading and good luck with finding what may just be the answer to calming your child down during his next meltdown.
Brooke S. Backsen presents Sensory Diet = Yoga Throughout Your Day posted at Tiffani Lawton’s OUR Journey THRU Autism. “Each sensory diet includes activities, designed by an occupational therapist, to provide input throughout the day to alert, calm, and organize the sensory systems.”
Caroline McGraw presents Owning Your Mistakes & The Wisdom Of The Oops posted at A wish come clear: how to see disability as opportunity. “I was seeing the laminated sign my parents have posted for him on their refrigerator, the sign that says, ‘Oops! No big deal.’ ”
Darlene Wierski-Devoe presents What Does the Stress of Anxiety Do To My Child? posted at The Raising Socially Anxious Children Blog. “I have recently had a number of parents on my facebook group asking whether or not meltdowns should cause a child to completely collapse with exhaustion.”
Gavin Bollard presents Calming Techniques for the Special Needs Child posted at Life with Aspergers. “Just as all special needs people are different, the calming techniques required are also quite different.”
Joan Celebi presents 18 Tips for Calming Your Special Needs Child posted at Tiffani Lawton’s OUR Journey THRU Autism. “With these ideas, you can add to your bag of tricks and be ready next time your child needs a little soothing or a quiet moment.”
Joy Smith presents Staying Ahead of the Storm posted at Joy’s Autism Blog. “I think the best way to deal with stresses and meltdowns is to stay ahead of them.”
Kathi Flynn presents Top 5 Ways to Calm Down After Stressful Events at Tips 4 Special Kids. “When children have anxiety, it is so important to help them calm down in a way that diffuses the anxiety instead of intensifying it. ”
Laura Schumaker presents Autism: How I Diffused a Scary Meltdown Unscathed posted at Laura Schumaker. “Meltdown defused-but could it have been avoided?”
Martianne Stanger presents I Can Calm Myself ABC Cards posted at Training Happy Hearts. “We’ve tried a number of strategies with him and are still working to discern what works best for him (and for the rest of the family!). ”
Mira Binzen presents Tick-Tock Breath: Teach Special Needs Children to Modulate Moods posted at Tiffani Lawton’s OUR Journey THRU Autism. “Children who have SPD and ASD may already be experiencing “interference” or “overload” at the level of the nervous system and need help modulating moods, emotions and behavior.”
Sharon Fuentes presents A Mind Journey to the Beach posted at Mama’s Turn Now. “…I stop and sit down and start to take my boy on his journey, a guided imagery exercise we used to do all the time to calm his spirit, relax his body and quiet his mind.”
Spectrummy Mummy presents Growing Calm posted at Spectrummy Mummy. “As always when I find myself up against the mighty force of Pudding’s brain, instead of looking at ways to change her, I try to change the environment around her.”
Tiffani Lawton presents Tea Bath Balls: Soothe the Senses posted at OUR Journey THRU Autism. “I am leaning towards the holistic and natural methods to address common issues experienced by our children, whether they are on the autistic spectrum, have ADD/HD or SPD.”
Tim Tucker presents Proprioception and Calming Techniques posted at Both Hands and a Flashlight. “If you’ve been on the autism road for a while as a parent, you know that managing and helping calm these sensory challenges can mean all the difference between successfully accomplishing something and your child coming undone.”
Trish Doerrler presents What Helps Me Calm Down? Some Answers From Michael posted at In So Many Words. “For this question, I thought I would go straight to the source. I interviewed Michael…”
Yuji Fukunaga presents Keeping Calm posted at Hanabi Boy. “Still, in the hopes that others will find some value in our own attempts, here are some calming techniques that we have tried with some degree of success.”
Thank you to all these resourceful bloggers for making this 10th Best of the Best a success. Please leave comments as you read these posts and let the bloggers know you appreciate their hard work. Thanks and please visit us next month for the 11th edition!
Previous BoB Posts
Anxiety and Stress (Edition 6)
Autism and Treatment Options (Edition 1)
Book Reviews (Edition 5)
Family Life (Edition 4)
School Issues (Edition 3)
Social & Play Skills (Edition 2)
Disclaimer: Please note, the opinions expressed in each referenced post in S-O-S Best of the Best are entirely that of its author and the inclusion of these posts does not constitute an endorsement by S-O-S Research.
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