Preventing restraint collapse (meltdowns)with after-school sensory-friendly routines

Restraint collapse is when a child has held themselves in check throughout their whole school day, navigating their sensory challenges, and then as soon as they are home in their safe space, they allow their dysregulation to show. Helping a child cope with this sensory overload after school is important to help them regroup and to give them strategies they can start to use during the school day, as well.