In this way it’s more a form of expressing upset over a situation based on a children’s emotional and possibly communicate ‘inexperience’. It must release all the energy and nothing you do will stop it until it has worked it all out…or is guided out of it in a safer way.Ī tantrum is described by Cambridge Dictionary as ‘a sudden period of uncontrolled anger like a young child’s’. There comes a time where that coil is so tightly wound (and that can happen very quickly or over time) that it just has to ‘go’. Each ‘coil’ is a result of a stimulus of some kind – sensory, social, emotional, physical. The analogy I use is it’s a bit like a coiled spring. So, I’ll start by trying to give a definition of both issues…Ī meltdown according to the National Autistic Society is ‘an intense response to overwhelming situations’. I can only write what I’ve learnt over a combination of 14ish years working with children and nearly 5 years a Mother to a child who is autistic…and a stubborn pain in the backside (totally gets it from his father, not me). I am by no means a ‘guru’ in this situation. This is because it can affect how you deal with either, and the effect of how it feels for your child. However, in terms of autism it is important to recognise the difference between a tantrum and meltdown. Just like any child, a child who has additional needs of any kind can and will be naughty, badly behaved or in a mood that makes them grumpy and irritating. I will start this post by saying that I don’t believe having a disability excuses a child when they are displaying ‘ bad behaviour’/’negative behaviour’/’being a little s**t’.
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