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He is six will be seven next month! Do you have any advice for meltdowns from not being able to let go of something he thinks he should do or should have had???

Read The Explosive Child - it's great for stopping meltdowns cold, and it also helps kids to empathize.

Tracker's book breaks down meltdowns well, too:

http://www.ASDstuff.com

Long run, the goal with the meltdowns is to understand how stress leads up to them, and mitigate all that build up before it occurs. Usually the meltdown itself is only the last straw that broke the camel's back.

I will check out both thanks so much! I am just starting this journey and am very happy with any advice or support I can find!

I agree, the book is good. Somebody should give that author a yacht....

What? I like yachts...

Anyways, I just wanted to tell you that if you want to post a reply in an existing thread, click the button on the top or bottom of the post which says 'postreply' as opposed to 'newtopic' You have to open the thread in order to do so. That way all the replies wind up in the same thread and are listed chronologically.

Thanks Tracker! I will try that next time kind of new to all of this!

Definitely second the recommendation for The Explosive Child. It provides a great deal of tips and methods that can help minimize meltdowns. I use many of the techniques and it has helped circumvent more than a few of them.

Good luck.

Danielle

I thought The Explosive Child had some sound ideas however, I thought my son (4 almost 5) was too young for them to be easily implemented with him. I set this in the stack of books to read again at a later date.