by Linda Plowden | Sep 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
When a child has a meltdown family members can feel very embarrassed by it, especially if it takes place in a crowded place, such as a busy shop or on public transport. People who witness the meltdown will not, of course, know the reason for it. They will not know...
by Linda Plowden | May 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
In my experience over the years as Paediatric Occupational Therapist I have, on many occasions, been contacted by parents who can’t understand why their child is resistant to going to school and why they adopt a ‘survival behaviour’ such as fight or flight in order to...
by Linda Plowden | Mar 18, 2019 | Books
The Meltdown Kids is a series of seven books for children, parents, educators and social workers to enjoy learning from. The children in the books have Sensory Processing Disorder. The children in the books are in situations where they are overloaded and go into...