Right Now: What To Do About Meltdowns, Sleep, Safety, Toileting, and Every Hard Moment In Between — A Parent’s Toolkit for the Daily Challenges of Autism By L.Meyers B.Ed (Spec.Ed)

Description

What’s Inside

• Chapter 3: Meltdowns and Emotional Dysregulation – what’s actually happening, and how to de-escalate safely
• Chapter 4: Building Communication When Words Don’t Come Easily – AAC, PECS, and sign language, backed by research
• Chapter 5: Safety First – elopement, wandering, and danger awareness, with real prevention strategies
• Chapter 6: Sleep – behavioral strategies and what the evidence says about melatonin
• Chapter 7: Toilet Training on the Spectrum
• Chapter 8: Picky Eating and Mealtime Struggles
• Chapter 9: Preparing for Puberty and Adolescence

Key Benefits

• Every chapter follows the same structure: what’s happening, what the research says helps, and a quick-reference checklist
• Grounded entirely in published research and clinical guidance, not anecdotes
• A consolidated checklist appendix you can print and keep on the fridge
• Specific questions to bring to a behavior analyst, speech pathologist, pediatrician, or mental health professional
• A full reference list for every strategy in the book

Who Is This For?

Parents of an autistic child who need practical, evidence-based help with the day-to-day — not just the long-term picture. Whether you’re dealing with meltdowns, a communication delay, safety concerns, sleepless nights, or the approach of puberty, this book meets you at the actual problem in front of you.

Why Choose This Guide?

Most parenting resources either stay too abstract or focus only on long-term outcomes. Right Now stays close to the ground — every strategy is drawn from peer-reviewed research and clinical practice guidelines, organized so you can find what you need fast, whether that’s at 2pm or 2am.

Get Started Today

Download Right Now and get practical, research-backed strategies for the moments that matter most — today, not just someday.