Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments: Practical Solutions for Tantrums, Rage, and Meltdowns. This item is unavailable.Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments: Practical Solutions for Tantrums, Rage, and Meltdowns

Written for parents and professionals, this text offers practical solutions to the day-to-day challenges facing individuals with Asperger Syndrome, and their families. The book discusses how to deal with tantrums, meltdowns and difficult behaviour. Topics covered include: the characteristics of Asperger Syndrome and their impact on behaviour, stages of the meltdown cycle, the role of antecedent behaviours, functional assessment, strategies promoting social skills development, including self-awareness, self-calming and self-management, solutions for parents, including organization and support, and daily routines. The book's main focus is on various stages of the meltdown cycle and functional analysis as a means of determining why behaviours occur.

This book was originally published as Asperger Syndrome and Rage (ISBN 0967251400). The title has been changed to better reflect the book's contents. Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments: Practical Solutions for Tantrums, Rage and Meltdowns is identical (except for the title) to Asperger Syndrome and Rage.