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One of the most difficult and confusing aspects of being the parent of a child with autism is understanding autism behavior—especially when your child often can’t explain to you the why behind the behavior
Self-Regulation Treatment Strategies: The Weighted Blanket By: Jeffery L Cohn, OTR/L Sensory issues plague children with an Autism diagnosis, as well as children with related disorders. These issues are typically one of the many lifelong struggles that parents of children with autism, and the children themselves, must learn to manage throughout the developmental life …
Vested Partners and its Dogs for Autism program have worked with other Upstate organizations that support and educate autistic children and adults, including SpringBrook Behavioral Health in Travelers Rest and Project Hope Foundation in Woodruff.
Acceptance and Keeping LIFE SIMPLE By: Carol Meloy, LMSW When most people hear the word acceptance they immediately think it means that one must resign or surrender to the given circumstances, whether current or past, to immediately provide forgiveness to individuals that have hurt you. Good News! That is not the meaning of acceptance …
Behavioral Health: Addressing temper tantrums One of the more common problems that can be experienced with any developing child can be the act of temper tantrums. Due to limitations in communication or understanding this can even be greater for those with developmental disabilities such as autism. A key is to determine what the motivation is …
Time 2 Talk:Understanding two principles of Communicative Reinforcement in Autism Communication is the modality of life. No human being fully develops in its absence. These two statements are founded upon two basic principles. We communicate to: 1) Access what we want 2) Avoid what we don’t Its that simple. Typically, from …
5 things that will help your child do better with school Aim high. You have to understand that your expectations as a parent have a huge impact when it comes to student performance. If you don’t expect your child to do well, your expectations will likely be met. Positive words. It matters what …