Jed Baker

Newest Release!

No More Meltdowns
Positive Strategies for Managing and Preventing Out-Of-Control Behavior

"Jed Baker, in this excellent book, gives us the tools to deal with and prevent out-of-control behavior. Wisely, he leads us grown-ups to understand how to change our own behavior in order to help our children change theirs."

-- Carol Stock Kranowitz "Author of best-seller The Out-of-Sync Child"

It could happen at the grocery store. At a restaurant. At school. At home. Meltdowns are stressful for both child and adult, but Dr. Baker can help! Author of the award-winning Social Skills Picture Book series, Dr. Jed Baker offers parents and teachers strategies for preventing and managing meltdowns. His 20+ years of experience working with children on the autism spectrum, combined with his personal experiences raising his own children, have yielded time-tested strategies, and results!

Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life:

1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations,
2) Learning strategies to calm a meltdown in the moment,
3) Understanding why a meltdown occurs, and
4) Creating plans to prevent future meltdowns.

No More Meltdowns by Dr. Jed Baker

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Dr. Jed Baker's Interview on ABC's Nightline
and ABC's World News with Charles Gibson!

"Echoes of Autism: Different in the Middle"

Dr. Jed Baker was interviewed on ABC's NIghtline and ABC's World News with Charles Gibson, Tuesday April 4th and Wednesday April 5th, 2007. Watch archives of the interviews here:

Nightline segment: Asperger Therapy (opens new browser with video)

World News segment (opens new browser with video)

Nightline Online feature on Asperger's (opens new browser with video)

Dr. Jed Baker has been a clinical psychologist since 1992. He is a behavioral consultant for several New Jersey School systems, where he provides social skills training for students with pervasive developmental disorders and learning disabilities. He directs and supervises social skills training for students at Millburn Public Schools. In addition, he writes, lectures, and provides training across the country on the topic of social skills training for individuals with Aspergers Syndrome and related Pervasive Developmental Disorders. He has recently published both a manual on social skills training for children with Asperger Syndrome and a social skill picture book to aid in social skills training.

At his conferences Dr. Baker will give you the tools to handle challenging behaviors, prevent temper outbursts and increase social skills for all students. He shares ways to motivate both verbal and nonverbal students to willingly engage in social interactions.
He also outlines a comprehensive approach to skills training that includes instruction of students with autism and their peers. Skills include: joint attention, conversation, play, cooperative work, managing frustration, dating, and employment. The use of humor and engaging, fun activities is described and demonstrated throughout his dynamic presentation.

Dr. Baker earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the State University of New York Albany. Author of four noted books, The Social Skills Picture Book, Social Skills Training, Preparing for Life, and his latest release, The Social Skills Picture Book for High School and Beyond, he is also director of the Social Skills Training Project and Social Skills Training for Millburn Schools, as well as an advisory board member for ASPEN (an information network for parents of children with Asperger Syndrome).

Preparing for Life

This book is a comprehensive guide for students
and all those working with them to create plans to
transition to adult life. Practical information on applying
for college, vocational training, residential programs,
and financial assistance is provided along with guidelines
for helping students understand their strengths and
challenges so they can advocate for themselves.