Managing Child Meltdowns & Tantrums - Tips From A Board Certified Behavior Analyst

I work as a TA in a special ed school. My students are 9-12 and gosh it's so validating to know i am utilizing most of these tips. My students deserve the best and i want to grow and learn new ways to help them in these tough times.

I’m very new to working with preschoolers in a classroom setting, and as an autistic person, it gets overwhelming when a child goes into meltdown mode. Mostly because I understand how they are feeling, but they aren’t old enough to know how to handle their big emotions. I have a child who’s been having very out of character meltdowns lately and I’m learning how to help him better :)

Love this, I have been working with children with autism for over 18 years in classrooms and watching videos as this I am always learning, we never ever stop learning, thank you!!🥰

As someone who is a few months away from graduating with my masters in ABA I can agree theseare all perfect strategies to use and are applicable for almost everyone I love how she said take a minute to calm yourself down before you go over to give help prompt or wait, she’s right people tend to accidentally escalate the situation with their reactions!

I’m going to make a visual choice board today thank you so much for this video!!!

Out of all the vids that i have seen about this subject - this is hands down the best one , thank you

This was such a great video! Some of these methods I already use in my classroom, such as offering choices, and speaking calmly, but it feels so great to be affirmed thag those are good ways to help students out. I really liked the examples of choice boards you showed us, and I think that they would be really helpful in our classroom. Thank you so much for this!

Great video! I volunteer daily in the cafeteria and kids get so out of control. We have a lot of teachers who try to force them to calm down quickly by just yelling at them. Many kids are upset while trying to dispose of their uneaten food and racing their friends trying to go out to recess. I try to just slow down my movements and voice and remind them I'm here to help them sort their recycling so they can go play. It's stressful though and at the end of the lunch period the cafeteria looks like a crime scene most days.

Your video deserves wayyy more likes ! Definitely going to make more visual cards and pictures!

Thanks for this! I just started working in special education as an IA. I have ADHD and Autism myself and still working on calming down and patience.

amazing video, such a positive vibes

These are great strategies! Several years ago, I read about a girl who had meltdowns and the doctor realized she had PANDAS/PANS. (Dr. Kenneth Bock's book Healing the New Childhood Epidemics) Things that help our son are the GAPS diet, medicine, supplements like high dose sodium ascorbate, feverfew capsules, etc. Also, recently we've begun homeopathy for PANDAS/PANS and have seen improvement. Their immune system can attack their brain causing migraines and meltdowns and yes, not adding to the stress helps. Also, a lot of people praying for him helps!

Thank you so much

Awesome tips

Keep them coming

My little boy has it hasn’t been confirmed yet, I knew from when he was around 10 months he’s now 2 and half. He’s getting the help now at the nursery hopefully not long before it’s confirmed. Then I can look at steps forward for both me and him x

Thanks you.

Thank youuuu😊

What about when the choices then trigger an already escalated situation... choices are thrown away in anger and they just dont hear anything? 4yr old boy mom here🙋🏼‍♀️

Do you have a link to your visual choice boards? I love them!