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is a spiral-bound book with an accompanying CD full of practical ideas and suggestions on self-regulation. Appealing songs help introduce the Alert Program concepts to children in elementary schools, homes, or therapy settings. What is Self-Regulation? “Self-regulation is a child’s ability to control his or her behavior. It develops over time, and involves many aspects [...]
The resources in this article present information for brothers and sisters of siblings who have autism. Here are six DVDs, all offering something different for parents and their children. Consider what is age appropriate for your child and then use the DVD as the starting ground to open up discussions. Autism and Asperger’s for Different [...]
I was very excited when I heard about the Brain Works app, as I really enjoy using apps on my iPad and iPhone, especially apps that can help me in some way. Gwen Wild, OTR/L is the developer and creator of this app. This is an AMAZING app; I am not aware of anything like [...]
I just finished watching an incredible DVD titled JJ’s Journey, which walks viewers through Lori Ciccarelli‘s son, Jeremy’s journey with autism. The DVD is 110 minutes long, and it is definitely worth watching! Everyone who helped to make the documentary what it came to be should be very proud of themselves for helping to educate [...]
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close tells the incredible story of how a young boy, Oskar, who relied on his father and their games and interactions to get through his life; the life he felt was very strange. He admits that he’s different, that doctors thought he might have Asperger’s, but the tests were inconclusive. Portraying [...]
When you look at a title of a video and it refers to occupational therapy (OT) in the home, you expect a lot. For example: host of activities to demonstrate how to approach OT at home in between regularly scheduled sessions with an occupational therapist ideas for helping children regulate their senses while moving through [...]
Advertisement Bullying is happening every day, in every school, in every corner of the world. What is bullying and what can someone do about it? Model Me Confidence & Bullying Prevention™ is designed to help build confidence and prevent bullying. The new Teaching Manual and Student Workbook complement the video modeling DVD and help extend [...]
What child does not like to pretend to be a secret agent, a spy, a detective? Dr Renae Beaumont from the Social Skills Training (SST) Institute very cleverly used this appeal to develop an exciting new game to teach social skills to children with high-functioning autism or Asperger’s. The Secret Agent Society (SAS) Program is [...]
This is the face of inspiration if I ever saw one! Collin has autism and he is the son of Garrett Butch. Garrett is very familiar with ABA therapy and its documented effectiveness with children with autism. He is also all too familiar with budget cuts that have made it more difficult for schools to [...]
A SEN (Special Educational Needs) teacher and a Designer/Developer combined their skills to develop teaching software for children. Adele and Quentin Devine are a husband and wife team who took her experience with TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication-handicapped CHildren), ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis), and PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) and his 10 [...]
