Special Interests and Asperger’s – Audio
This edition of Kelli’s Audio Diary discusses how you can use your child’s special interests and obsessions to work on his or her social interaction and play skills.
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Many children with Autism like routines and scheduled activities. In this edition of Kelli’s Audio Diary, she discusses how children with Autism sometimes have difficulty during unstructured times in and out of school. She gives tips on how to provide structure to your child, even in unstructured times.
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Click Here to Read the Rest of this Article!Communicating through AAC – Audio
In this edition of Kelli’s Audio Diary, she will share some stories and thoughts related to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices. She talks about how children with Autism who use AAC devices can often communicate like typical children and how parents, teachers and therapists should deal with and teach them during these times.
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The newspapers are plastered with the photos and stories of a father and son who were miraculously rescued from a harrowing experience.
Father and son were in the water in Florida when Chris Marino, age 12, got pulled out into choppy waters by strong currents. When his father Walter realized what had happened, he dove into the water and tried to get to Chris.
Walter reached Chris, but the water was so rough that it was impossible for them to swim back to shore, so they clung to each other for hours. The hours continued until it got dark and somehow the father and son were separated.
It is hard to imagine how terrifying this must have bee for each of them. For…
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The role of parent to a child with autism is not an easy one. Your journey will take you many places in search of the answers you need for you, your child or your family. Though you may have already been in and out of several doctor’s offices or you have read several books about autism you have a reason for being here, now.
In this special guide for parents, we take a look at the different stages parents go through when developing and managing programs for their children, we take a look at different options for managing finances , we discuss how you must develop a vision for your child’s programs and how you can carry it out and we…
Click Here to Read the Rest of this Article!Communicating with Schools – Audio
With another school year getting started, many parents of children with Autism or Asperger’s find themselves in a dilemma over how to communicate with school administrators, teachers and counselors. In this edition of Kelli’s Audio Diary, she discusses some ideas and provides listeners with some tips for how to communicate with schools during difficult situations.
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Many children can be physically aggressive with peers, parents, siblings, teachers and just about anyone else who they come in contact with. In this edition of Kelli’s Audio Diary, Kelli discusses why children act out like this and shares some ideas for things parents can do to turn negatives into positives.
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Our society has a major epidemic that started with a dirty little secret; we are big and getting bigger. While some of the reason is based on evolution and genetics, the main reason is the lack of exercise done on a daily basis.
It has become much more normal to be lazy and eat unhealthy than to be active and watch what you eat. This may be a difficult task for adults who want to come home from work and relax, but it is not nearly as difficult to guarantee healthy and active children.
Exercise is one of the last things parents think about when putting together programs for children with autism. Since communication and socialization are two of the biggest challenges…
Click Here to Read the Rest of this Article!Unexpected Outbursts and Asperger’s – Audio
Sometimes a child with Asperger’s can have an outburst, tantrum or meltdown when a parent least expects it to happen. This edition of Kelli’s Audio Diary discusses one such situation where a pleasing, but unexpected experience caused unrest and outbursts from a child with Asperger’s. Kelli discusses what happened and provides some suggestions for how parents may handle the situation in the future to prevent it from happening again.
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Click Here to Read the Rest of this Article!Using Obsessions to Teach
September 5, 2008 by admin
Filed under Social Skills
It is not uncommon for children with ASDs to develop obsessions over just about any subject imaginable. It may be an obsession over SpongeBob Squarepants or it may be memorizing random facts like capitol cities and species of whales. The list is really endless.
The good news is that these obsessions can be turned into learning opportunities, when parents know how to use them. This is especially true for children with Asperger’s Syndrome. These children very often have areas or items that they are very interested in. When parents and teachers learn to use these special interests as a learning opportunity, everybody wins! The child gets to learn about things that he or she is interested in and the parents or…
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