How To Help My Child

03/04/2026

1️⃣ Have you tried telling your overwhelmed child how to cope in the heat of a meltdown??? 🙋🏼‍♀️

2️⃣ Perhaps you’ve said:
“Take a deep breath.”
“You need to calm down. “

3️⃣ Whilst your first instinct is to nurture & talk, it actually escalates the meltdown & doesn’t help your autistic or ADHD child cope.

4️⃣ Limit the amount & type of input that you’re asking them to process during a meltdown.

5️⃣ Processing language is difficult during a meltdown. But visual processing is a strength.

6️⃣ So STOP TALKING during a meltdown!

7️⃣ Try SHOWING & MODELING the coping skills that you want your child to engage in during the meltdown.

8️⃣ This is so much more powerful than telling them how to calm down. Try it and let me know how it goes!

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FYI - this advice is SO hard to follow but it is very powerful in the meltdown moment!
Try it & see!

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