Tantrums Don’t Help Me Fix a Problem is a social story created by TAP. This particular social story is written to help children understand why tantrums will not fix their problem. It also helps the child with positive ways to deal with their emotions, such as using their words, instead of throwing objects. Social stories […]
From Anxiety to Meltdown by Deborah Lipsky (XBM Lipsk 2011) This book gives a practical look at what happens when things spiral out of control, exploring what leads to meltdowns and tantrums, and what can be done to help. Drawing on her own extensive personal experience and using real-life examples to explain how autistic people […]
This visual support is a great tool to use for a wide variety of individuals! It can be used to develop independence when ordering food… or it can be used with individuals who have a hard time going out to restaurants. Whether you are using this visual support to alleviate anxiety and tantrums or to […]
A Week of Switching, Shifting, and Stretching: How to Make My Thinking More Flexible by Lauren H. Kerstein, LCSW. (XBC Kerst 2014) This picture book assists children on the autism spectrum, and any child for that matter, in examining their black-and-white thinking in order to begin to think more flexibly rainbow thinking. Using repeated rhymes […]
Seeing Through New Eyes: Changing the Lives of Children with Autism, Asperger Syndrome and other Developmental Disabilities through Vision Therapy by Melvin Kaplan and Stephen M. Edelson. (XIN Kapla 2006) This book provides an introduction to the treatment of visual dysfunction, a significant but neglected problem associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and other developmental […]
Sleep Better!: A Guide to Improving Sleep for Children with Special Needs by Vincent Mark Durand. (XDE Duran 1998) This book offers step-by-step, “how to” instructions for helping children with disabilities get the rest they need. For problems ranging from bedtime tantrums to night waking, parents and caregivers will find a variety of widely tested […]
Help Me Be Good by Joy Berry. (CHI Berry 2005) Series of books about topics children can relate too: being selfish, breaking promises, cheating, tantrums, etc. If available, item can be checked out from resource room at no cost.