What is Autistic Meltdown? Can you define it?
Are you confident about the possible causes for it? Can you tell one from an awkward attempt at emotional manipulation?
Can meltdowns be prevented? Can you do anything helpful as an independent observer? A carer? What if you are the person about to go into a full-blown meltdown?
What happens during the episode? What about after one?
How much control does the person retain over their actions and emotions during the meltdown?
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Recognition of meltdowns
- Preventing meltdowns.
- Facilitating post-meltdown recovery.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Any MH practitioner working with autistic people.
- Othe HCPs working with autistic patients.
- Paid and informal carers of an autistic person.
- Parents of autistic children.
- Neurodiversity Trainers and DEI Training Providers
- Autism & DEI Consultants.
- Autism/ADHD/ND Coaches and Mentors, including experts by experience.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- Giving confidence to manage and prevent meltdowns, hence optimising outcomes for autistic people.
Course Content
Presenter
In her early 40s, Dr Wheatcraft has an impressive portfolio with dual expertise in autism & ADHD specifically, as a full Member of Royal College of Psychiatrists AND an adult diagnosed with autism & ADHD in her 4th decade.
