Reboot Before Takeoff: Regulation Strategies for Traveling Neurodiverse Families

• By: Lauren Tucker, EdD Southern Connecticut State University
• April 3rd, 2026
• anxiety management, communication strategies, family travel, game-based grounding, neurodiverse families, sensory challenges, Spring 2026 Issue, travel preparation, video self-modeling
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Family travel is stressful. Full stop. Especially when your family has distinct needs planning and preparation can be overwhelming…like trying to update your phone while your storage is full, the Wi-Fi is unstable, and three apps are frozen at once. Chunking the aspects of travel and identifying...