We recently brought our 4 yr old granddaughter to live with us " We have noticed a pattern as far as telling her "we don't do that, no,take something away from her that might hurt her, we bought her a tiny tykes trampoline to help keep her from jumping on he beds. She throws a temper tantrum/meltdown. I usually just let her work through them.(we believe they used to lock her in her room). We will not do that. Eventually she stops any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm no sure if they are… read more

Im trying to gain some more understanding to what exactly is a meltdown. Especially when it pertains to mild ASD. Can you describe what happens when your child has a meltdown? What does it look like?

Some days I feel like I get meltdown hangovers. What are some things that help all of you stay even and calm in the midst of your child's meltdown?

My five year old son is autistic. Today at therapy we were In the lobby between appointments and at my suggestion to go outside for a few minutes, Isaiah ran in the foyer but I wasnt quite ready. I asked him to come back or he would go to time out. He ran the rest of the way outside, and he was happy (could not read that this wasnt a game?) I picked him up and lightly spanked him and sat him in a chair in the lobby. I explained why he was in timeout. I proceeded to play with his sister, or… read more

recently we have had some bad aba sessions where during a tantrum the teacher has tryed to redirect , causing my child to throw herself back and hitting her head, while i was MAD i stoped session. then they want to talk about how i felt i let them know ,i felt like they should hurry up and get out of my face. same type thing happenend two days later grrr. so now ive asked them not to pick her up was i wrong for doing so

My almost 4 year old mild to moderate autistic child has violent outbursts.

He goes through periods where he tantrums off of everything. Example is he is hooked on doing the laundry. When he woke up this morning he asked to do the laundry. When I said there are no laundry to do, he got mad and started screaming and kicking. Last night he was using the iPad and had a 30 minute tantrum because we asked him to put down the ipad and take a bath.

Yesterday he fell asleep in class and when the… read more

For us so far: biting, bolting, random high pitched screeching, scratching, and climbing on furniture

My son overreacts with negative emotions, especially negative. It is not your typical overeacting...he screams and cries beyond normal.

how do you handle a meltdown? is there a way to calm them down or defuse them? if you see one coming on is there a way to prevent them. Also when there in a meltdown is there a way to help them calm down and come out of the meltdown? my son has several a day and i would like to help him through this