Managing Family Meltdown: The Low Arousal Approach and Autism By: Linda Woodcock, Andrea Page

Children and Adults on the autism spectrum may often behave in ways that cause difficulties for themselves and those who care for them. This book offers effective, long-term strategies to help resolve common challenging behaviours such as physical aggression and self-injury.


Managing Family Meltdown provides possible explanations for these behaviours, and offers a wealth of practical tips on how families can tackle different kinds of challenging behaviour.
The authors explore

• the difference between managing and changing behaviour;
• how our own behaviour can influence the situation;
• the principles of Low Arousal and its application in a family situation.