A Tool You Can’t Ignore for Children with Autism: Peer Awareness! School is starting soon for many and has already started for some! It’s time to start thinking about those new teachers, that new building and those new friends! You want your child or student with autism to have a great start, so how can you help ensure this happens? Two words. Peer Awareness!!! What is Peer Awareness? It’s […]
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What is the one thing that our children with severe disabilities lose early on that we need to help them get back? Cause and Effect! I’m not talking about cause and effect that a child can get if they scream and then get what they want. I’m talking about the kind of cause and effect that we can shape into communication. Parents and educators have to help these children with […]
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30
Jul
2013
Wanna Know How You Can Have A Conversation With Your Non-Verbal Child With Special Needs?
Do you ever wish you could just ask your child something simple about what happened at school, or wouldn’t it be nice if you could find a better way to include your non-verbal student in classroom discussions and activities? One simple voice output device can do these things! It’s called the Step by Step. It’s a device that allows you to program a series of messages that can be easily […]
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What is a Quick Social Response? This is what I call the skill that our kids need when someone makes a comment during social interactions. Too often our kids with poor social skills don’t know what to say or don’t know that a response is expected, so they just stare at you or turn away without any kind of response at all. Does your child/student know that if someone says, […]
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One of my readers recently asked if I could do a video where I demonstrate several strategies, previously posted, in a real life situation. So I decided to describe an actual situation that I consulted for at the very end of this school year. This young student was actually one of the most challenging students this school had ever seen, yet she turned out to be one of the easiest […]
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10
Jun
2013
Crazy Summer Schedule??? Go Visual!
Crazy Summer Schedule??? Go Visual! Do you rely on your visual schedule as much as I do? I know I want to see what is coming up and what I need to accomplish for the day. It calms me down for sure! Your child with special needs should also know what is happening for the day. It will help bring order to his/her world and if you go visual with […]
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