Autism and Holiday Tips: Preparing for the Holidays with Your Child with Autism
Holidays can be a stressful time for children with autism and their families, as well as for the professionals who work with them. Today, I’m going to give you some tips that might help make your holidays a little bit less stressful, and more joyful; this blog is all about autism and holidays tips!https://youtu.be/U6t51RovMr0?list=PL0_NcGwhzOkjUQSOQGctOzORdiGgPxiLG Each […]
Phrases and Abnormal Speech in Children with Autism
Abnormal speech patterns are very common in kids with autism. For example, if you teach a child with limited speech to say phrases like “open door,” they might overgeneralize it and say “open door” even if they want something else opened like a bottle or a box. In this blog post, I will answer a […]
Teaching Safety Skills for Autism | Keeping Kids with Autism Safe
In today’s video blog, I want to talk about teaching safety skills for autism. Safety awareness is a huge concern for both parents and professionals. There are many children, teens, and adults with autism who have the language and/or cognitive functioning of a young child. This makes it harder to teach safety awareness. https://youtu.be/dpVuz4T9dEY The […]
How to Resolve Autism Sleep Issues in Children
Sleep problems are very common in children with autism. With my own son, Lucas, I struggled with getting him to sleep in his own bed through the night for ten years. Using ABA techniques though, I was finally able to establish a step-by-step procedure that resulted in him sleeping through the night consistently in his […]
Table Time and Reinforcement in ABA | How to Increase Reinforcement
You may have heard of floor time for children with autism or signs of autism, but I am actually a big proponent of table time and reinforcement in ABA. Today I’m talking about how to help kids to increase reinforcement so we have happy learners at a table.https://youtu.be/oxMdfwbXbKc?list=PL0_NcGwhzOkjOw2MHT_yIvzYf557kW8lT Every month within our membership portal, we […]