How to Reduce Violent Meltdowns in Children with Additional Needs
Each of these 10 short videos looks at a different aspect of how to help and support children who have extreme behaviours and who also have an additional need. The last one, #10, is especially for the children themselves and their brothers and sisters, although mums and dads might find it helpful too. Taken together, I’ve endeavoured to give an insightful overview of why sometimes children can be violent, destructive, controlling or verbally abusive, and what adults can do to help them cope more calmly in the world around them. Some of the videos also address how a child’s difficult behaviour can have a significant and detrimental effect on us too, and what we can do to protect our own emotional well-being. These videos are designed for both parents and professionals, a starting point for thinking differently about behaviour and the reasons why.
Top Tips #1 – What it’s anxiety-led and not deliberate disobedience
Top Tips #2 – Why it’s not your fault
Top Tips #3 – Why traditional parenting strategies don’t work for our children
Top Tips #4 – Why Sensory Processing difficulties can impact on behaviour
Top Tips #5 – All about communication and how you can help a child
Top Tips #6 – All about routines, change and transitions
Top Tips #7 – How to Reduce Violent Meltdowns from happening
Top Tips #8 – What to do during violent meltdowns
Top Tips #9 – How to Keep Going
Top Tips #10 – this one’s especially for the children
Next Steps…..
Webinars and training, Facebook Support, resources to read or watch
Have you been to one of Yvonne’s webinars yet?
They cover a range of topics relating to behaviour issues in children with additional needs, and are packed full of insights and strategies that can help you to support a child in moving beyond their extreme behaviour patterns towards much happier and calmer times with a brighter and much more hopeful future to look forward to. Due to NHS England Funding, current webinars only cost £2.50 each, with free places for families in financial hardship. For more information please click this link – https://yvonnenewbold.com/webinars-workshops-courses-and-books/
FACEBOOK – Closed Support Group for Families – https://www.facebook.com/groups/421839288150939/
FACEBOOK – coming very soon – Closed Support Group for Professionals and staff who work with this group of children https://www.facebook.com/groups/2970473609629763/
FACEBOOK Public Page – for everyone https://www.facebook.com/TheSENDVCBProject/
Follow me on Twitter @YvonneNewbold
Read or watch more about how to help a SEND child with extreme behaviours https://yvonnenewbold.com/resources-on-send-vcb/
What People Say about the Webinars ….
Excellent and life-changing
The day has been useful, amazing, excellent and informative with extraordinary people. Thank you Yvonne and Malcolm for doing all you are doing to help us and to make the world a better place for children with special needs and their families.
Listening to a speaker who was so experienced because of her own child having this, and not just what she has read. I’ve now learnt what I have to do to make my son’s life happier
I feel really empowered
It was good to feel part of a group with no judgement, just understanding, as part of this wonderful workshop ethos. It gave me a sense of strength and of being loved, the way it was delivered was excellent
It helped me to think about my reactions and to consider the overwhelming anxiety that my son faces, and to think more from my son’s point of view and experience
It was really helpful to be directed to think about things that I can think about and change in life to feel stronger and to find more confidence to deal with difficult situations
Big thanks to both of you for doing this – your courses and FB groups are an island of positivity and help when there is not much else!
Many thanks for an interesting morning and I’ll take away lots of ideas to put into practice.
Both sessions were extremely useful. Thank goodness sensible people are talking about these issues
It was excellent from beginning to end. Yvonne’s presentation was very informative and helpful, and very much moved me. Was such a comfort to know others go through VCB too. First time today that I’ve admitted it to anyone outside of my family. Some useful strategies too. Extremely helpful and most of all, it gave me renewed hope
Thank you so much for today – I’ve learnt loads and been really inspired. Yvonne is needed in the special needs world! Talk with passion and respect for the people they work with and family
Amazing to fit so much in such a short time and presented it so well
Being in a room where everyone knew what you are talking about
Hearing that “This is not my fault”. Yvonne’s wonderful delivery and enthusiasm on their subjects plus practical strategies
More Support
Yvonne runs a Facebook Page called The SEND Parent’s Handbook for parents of children with disabilities and the professionals who work with their families.
If you are a parent of a child who has SEND VCB, Yvonne also runs a closed Facebook Support group, which you would be welcome to join, called The SEND VCB Project – Support Group for Families
There is another Facebook Page called The SEND VCB Project – Public Page which is for anyone to find out more about this and closely related issues, and it’s open to everyone
If you’d like to buy a copy of “The Special Parent’s Handbook”, which is the book I wish someone had been able to give me on the day Toby was born. It’s got virtually everything I’ve learnt since about Additional Needs Parenting so that SEND parents don’t have to go it totally alone.
Here’s the link to order yours
Alternatively you can order it from Amazon – here’s the link to the page
Yvonne is a member of the Amazon Affiliates Program which means that if you click on an Amazon link from this website and subsequently make a purchase, she will be paid a small commission.
