Monday, October 12, 2009

Autism: Dr. Jed Baker Collection on Social Skills and Preventing Meltdowns



Dr. Jed Baker has recently appeared on ABC World News with Charles Gibson, Nightline, and CBS's "The Early Show".




No More Meltdowns: Positive Strategies for Managing and Preventing Out-Of-Control Behavior

"Jed Baker, in this excellent book, gives us the tools to deal with and prevent out-of-control behavior. Wisely, he leads us grown-ups to understand how to change our own behavior in order to help our children change theirs."

Carol Stock Kranowitz

Author of the best-seller

The Out-of-Sync Child



It could happen at the grocery store. At a restaurant. At school. At home. Meltdowns are stressful for both child and adult, but Dr. Baker can help! Author of the award-winning Social Skills Picture Book series, Dr. Jed Baker offers parents and teachers strategies for preventing and managing meltdowns. His 20+ years of experience working with children on the autism spectrum, combined with his personal experiences raising his own children, have yielded time-tested strategies, and results!

Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life:

1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations,
2) Learning strategies to calm a meltdown in the moment,
3) Understanding why a meltdown occurs, and
4) Creating plans to prevent future meltdowns.


The Social Skills Picture Book Teaching play, emotion, and communication to children with autism

Social Skills Training for Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome and Social-Communications Problems

Preparing for Life: The Complete Guide for Transitioning to Adulthood for Those with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome

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