What is Asperger’s – Question from a Grandparent

My youngest granddaughter has been diagnosed with asperger’s syndrome, and I am wondering if you could send me more info about it. I don’t really know that much about it at all. Have been looking all over the “web” and there is just too much to take in. She is only 4 years old, so [...]

Support NH Autism Society August 22nd

The Autism Society of New Hampshire has teamed up with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats to recognize and support Autism Awareness Sunday, August 22, 2010. The NH Fisher Cats will be playing the New Britain Rock Cats. Game time is at 1:35 at MerchantsAuto.com stadium. Manchester Tickets are only $8/each for Box seats and $10/each [...]

Vote for Autism 24-7 and Autism 411

Oprah and reality TV super producer Mark Burnett (SurvivorTM & The ApprenticeTM) are joining forces in search of the next big TV star. Do you have a big personality and a big dream for yourself? This could be your BIG BREAK – the chance of a lifetime to host your own TALK show…on OWN. If [...]

41st Annual Autism Society National Conference

On July 7-10, 2010, the Autism Society of America will be holding their 41st Annual Autism Society National Conference. There will be close to 2,000 professionals, educators, parents and exhibitors from around the U.S. and other countries participating in the conference. The topics of workshops and conference events include: Autism, behavior, communication, early intervention, instructional [...]

Think Good – Feel Good: CBT for Children

The book “Think Good – Feel Good: A Cognitive Behavior Therapy Workbook for Children”, and its companion manual “A Clinician’s Guide to Think Good-Feel Good: Using CBT with children and young people”, written by Paul Stallard is a great resource for clinical psychologists, teachers, speech language pathologists, occupation therapists and parents for addressing the needs [...]

Exploring Feelings: CBT to Manage Anxiety

The book “Exploring Feelings: Cognitive Behavior Therapy to Manage Anxiety”, written by Dr. Tony Attwood, is a program for use with children ages 9-12. It was originally designed for use with children with Asperger’s Syndrome, but has been used with children with other ASDs. There are workbook materials for each of the six two-hour sessions [...]

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