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Finding the Fun!
In a world where education and personal growth are highly valued, empowering your child with knowledge and skills from an early age has become increasingly crucial. Learn how to maximize opportunities for learning by finding the fun!
Can You Overcome Your “Friction” by Simply Giving Yourself Grace?
To do something amazing, it doesn't have to be that thing you live and breathe and do from dusk till dawn, ignoring all other aspects of life.
A “Magic Pill” for Autism?
A few years back, I met with parents for a parent-training session. I had been working with the mom for a few months and her husband was able to join us one afternoon.
After some discussion, he looked at me, arms crossed and annoyed, and said: “So you’re saying there’s no magic pill?”
5 Tips to Save Your Time, Money, and Sanity When Buying Toys This Holiday Season
Buying toys that won’t end up in a pile of parts on the floor or in the Toy Bin of Death can be challenging. Here are a few rules to live by when making your toy list so you won't have to check it twice.
Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism: Flawed Application of a Proven Science
I can't count the conversations I've had with families over the years when they said, "we tried ABA and didn't like it…not for us…made our kid miserable....fill in the blank…" when after probing further, it turned out it wasn't ABA at all.
Everyday ABA
Everyday ABA : How I prep for cleaning day without releasing the beast and losing my mind every other Monday morning.
Parent-Led Therapy & Leading with Skill Development
When you buy a Lego set, the legos are hand-selected to build something specific; a race car, a spaceship, a Death Star, a beauty salon, even the Eiffel Tower.
Forget a brick, or use the wrong one, and your end result might not look quite right, or worse, it might not be stable enough to maintain structure and stand strong beyond the day it’s built.
The same goes for developmental skills.
Progress Reports, Stephen Hilton, and Remembering to Remember Good Days
I used to think it was good for parents to know where their kids fell developmentally, but I know now that those constant reminders just serve to kill their flow, their contentment and their normalcy. Their ability to just wake up and keep moving forward, one day at a time.