Handling High Intensity Meltdowns
Posted: July 9, 2021
In this short, 5-minute parent coaching video Andrea lays out 7 tips to remember during a high intensity meltdown and they are probably not what you were expecting.
- Make sure everyone in the environment is safe
- Ensure you are grounded - think of the plane analogy
- Andrea talks techniques so that you don't join in the "storm"
- Shut down your words - Andrea explains what this means during a meltdown and why
- Modeling instead of teaching
- Orient yourself and your child to your surroundings
- Orient yourself and your child to your bodies
- Be in the moment - Andrea explains what part of the brain is activated during meltdowns and why this matters
- Give yourself grace if/when you don't respond perfectly