Linda Woodcock, Andrea Page

Managing Family Meltdown

The Low Arousal Approach and Autism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers strategies to resolve common challenging behaviours using a low arousal approach à â â a non-aversive approach based on avoiding confrontation and reducing stress. It explains challenging behaviours, and offers guidance on how families can manage different types of challenging behaviour, such as physical aggression and self-injury.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 264g
• ISBN-13: 9781849050098
• ISBN-10: 1849050090
• Artikelnr.: 26475348

Autorenporträt

Linda Woodcock is the National Lead on Parent and Family Training for The Studio III Group, an organization specializing in non-aversive behaviour management. Linda also has a son on the autism spectrum with challenging behaviours. Andrea Page is Senior Lecturer in the clinical skills division at Birmingham City University teaching student nurses. She also supports community nurses in assessing, devising care plans and teaching parents, other family carers and siblings practical techniques to manage challenging behaviour.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Foreword. Introduction: Setting the Scene. 1.
Understanding Autism. 2. Understanding Challenging or Distressed Behaviour.
3. The Low Arousal Approach. 4. Using Video. 5. Relationships, Keeping it
Together! 6. Medical Issues. 7. Other Common Problems. 8. Looking after
your Health. Resources. Further Reading. References. Index