The Autism Discussion Page on Stress, Anxiety, Shutdowns and Meltdowns : Proactive Strategies for Minimizing Sensory, Social and Emotional Overload.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nason, Bill, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers Library , 2019.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

1. Be True to their Neurology

2. Autism as an Information Processing Difference

3. Brain Drain from Processing Strain

4. Appraising the Processing Demands of Activities

5. Stress and Distress

6. Autism and Anxiety

7. Coping Skills

8. Anxiety and Rigidity

9. Anxiety, Opposition and Demand Avoidance

10. Shutdowns and Meltdowns

11. Preventing Meltdowns

12. Supporting Meltdowns

13. Sensory Overload

14. Social Challenges

15. The Costs of Fitting In

16. Living with Executive Dysfunction

References

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ISBN:

9781805014690

1805014692

9781784508340

1784508349

OCLC:

1112424142