Learning to Play the Autism Way

Children with autism have issues with social interactions. It’s one of the diagnostic criteria, and if you have a child with autism or work with them you’ve seen some of these issues first hand. Impairments in social interactions may include:
* Marked impairment in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as eye to-eye gaze, facial [...]

Surfing Camp for Kids with Autism

I’m a huge proponent of summer camps for kids with autism which leave behind the direct instruction and treat the child on a more holistic level. I think this is ultimately vital to the child’s social/emotional growth and development. Recently I came across this summer camp based out of California called Surfer’s Healing. The program [...]

Paraeducator qualifications

A few months back one of my para-educators had to leave my school to work on some very important advocacy work. I was then called upon to be a major part of the interview committee to find her replacement. This was all well and good because I had a list of characteristics which I thought [...]

HELP! My Child With Autism Hates Getting His Hair Cut

Many kids with autism have difficulty with getting their hair cut. Here are some suggestions to help make getting your child’s hair cut a more enjoyable experience.
My first suggestion would be to find something highly reinforcing for your child; as long as this reinforcement is ONLY used for haircuts (or other things that are [...]

Stop Screaming Please

A mother of a boy will autism posted this question on the Autism Speaks message boards, and I thought I would also share it and my response with all of you. Screaming is something that many parents have difficulty with and know what to do to intervene. Please let me know if there is something [...]

What do parents think of home-based interventions?

When thinking about home-based therapy programs the perceptions of families is not always considered. In a research article recently publish in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders by Corinna F. Grindle, Hanna Kovshoff, Richard P. Hastings and Bob Remington (January 2009) the authors reported the results of their research study regarding the perceptions of [...]

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