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The Autism Discussion Page on Stress, Anxiety, Shutdowns and Meltdowns: Proactive Strategies for Minimizing Sensory, Social and Emotional Overload - Paperback | Diverse Reads

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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.

ISBN-13: 9781785928048

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Publication Date: 10-21-2019

Pages: 328

Product Dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Bill Nason is a mental health professional with over 35 years' experience in the field of developmental disabilities, specializing in autism and individuals with multiple severe behavior challenges. Successful blogger, author and speaker in the autism field, established clinician providing services to families, teachers and professionals in the autism community, and experienced coach for basketball and soccer programs for children with autism.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

1 Be True to their Neurology 15

2 Autism as an Information Processing Difference 29

3 Brain Drain from Processing Strain 45

4 Appraising the Processing Demands of Activities 65

5 Stress and Distress 73

6 Autism and Anxiety 89

7 Coping Skills 113

8 Anxiety and Rigidity 121

9 Anxiety, Opposition and Demand Avoidance 147

10 Shutdowns and Meltdowns 169

11 Preventing Meltdowns 189

12 Supporting Meltdowns 207

13 Sensory Overload 233

14 Social Challenges 259

15 The Costs of Fitting In 277

16 Living with Executive Dysfunction 289

References 323