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Do you remember playing with friends when you were a child? The winter time snow storms where all of the kids on the street were jumping in the highest snow banks. Then afterwards everyone would gather inside for hot chocolate. Conversely, in the summertime there always seemed to be someone around to jump into the sprinkler with [...]
It’s the New Year and everyone is trying to set their New Year’s Resolution and try to figure out how to stick with it. They are also trying to recover from the holidays and the shopping, lights and toys. Your child is probably playing with all their new toys, or at least the one favorite [...]
The world assumes that intelligent, bright children will learn social skills in an automatic and intuitive way. But for some children, especially those on the autism spectrum or with other developmental delays, this process needs to be taught and learned. Challenging Skills It can be surprising that a child who can easily master cognitive information [...]
The word “autopsy” refers to the dissection of a body after death to determine the cause or problem that contributed to the death. Dr. Rick Lavoie cleverly used this word and coined the term “Social Skill Autopsy.” He is a lecturer, author, and consultant with over thirty years of experience working at residential special education [...]
Part 1 of this post explained why play dates are important for children with ADHD. Your “to-do” list consisted of finding a good playmate, planning the play date, keeping the play date short, planning a physical activity, and scheduling a snack time. You can decide the order of the activities. The schedule will depend on [...]
A previous article presented reasons why social skills may be difficult for children with ADHD. Four resources for helping parents were listed: two books and two videos. This article is the first of two parts to provide information on play dates and how to use them to develop your child’s social skills. Play dates are [...]
