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"How to Create a Calming Routine for Reducing Meltdowns and Challenging Behaviors"

Writer's picture: Carla AmoahCarla Amoah

Updated: May 9, 2024




Visual schedules:



Clear simple photos of your child’s daily routine may include breakfast brush teeth getting dressed school dinner bath story bed. An 8 step day to support their regulation, understanding of expectation and reduces overstimulation and language especially for difficult times of the day.


You can refer them to their schedule, creating it together is a fun activity and you always add photos such as play dates and extra curricular activities.


This is particularly useful for children who are nonverbal.



Broken down routines: concise to a day, time or place



Morning - play - bath - dress - eat


Evening - bath - book - milk - bed


Sundays - get dressed - car - church - grandmas house


Church- feed - change - Sunday school - feed - change - nap



Some sort of regularity in areas that your child can be waiting around for long doing things they don’t enjoy or they get fussy will support their tolerance


It also develops their understanding of life experiences surrounding these parts of the day and forms their identity


From living out the routine to creating visual schedules are great builders for language and collaborative scheduling with your child



Remember development is the goal for all 🫶🏽



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