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There are days when I wish I came home from work and my six year old son, Norrin, would run and greet me at the door, bombarding me with questions before I had a chance to take off my coat. My Reality Most days, I have to initiate. I’ll stand at the door, call out [...]
Jaylen may not understand a lot of social concepts. He may not realize someone is being mean, or understand what an attitude is, but he definitely understands the concept of being the best. And now he has a bit of an obsession with being the best…at everything. A Competitive Spirit I think having a competitive [...]
Drill, baby, drill! That can be the first instinct when you are a parent of a child with a communication or language disorder. When that child is nonverbal and you so desparately want that child to be verbal. To talk. When J-man was still nonverbal, I dreamed about hearing him say even the most mundane [...]
One of the hardest things to do is determine certain tantrum triggers and irritants for our spectrum kiddos and other kids with special needs. Once they start losing control it’s almost impossible to pin down which stimulant proved to be the straw that broke the camel’s back… but what if you could nip it before [...]
I wish I could say my son loved and related to animals, but I can’t. I read about other kids with neuroatypicality similar to his (ADHD & Asperger’s Syndrome) who bond with pets, and I am jealous. My son – we call him Clark Kent – never has. When he was seven, we bought a [...]
Like daring to be happy, expressing emotion takes courage. Helping someone express what they’re truly feeling requires trust; it necessitates being both present and patient. This truth came clear to me after sharing a meal at L’Arche (a faith-based organization that creates homes where people with and without intellectual disabilities share life together). At L’Arche, [...]
by Haley Moss Preparing for the Possibility of Disappointing GiftsSomewhere this year, a child want a cool new game and end up getting a pair of socks. If this is your child, especially your child with special needs, how might you handle it without embarrassing the gift-giver or your child? First, prepare. The best idea [...]
by Haley Moss Every household handles the holidays differently depending the needs of their children. However, the holidays can be a very exciting yet stressful time. Everyone seems to be in a rush during the holidays (presents need to be bought and wrapped, food needs to be prepared and everyone just seems to be doing [...]
In my home we always talk about our “toolbox”. It’s a place where we keep all of our ideas for battling the anxiety monster and it holds some pretty amazing stuff. Today, let me help you with your toolbox! “Too many times we stand aside and let the waters slip away, till what we put [...]
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 [...]
