New Autism Book for Parents & Professionals Coming in 2021 by Dr. Mary Barbera

I’ve been sitting on this announcement for a while, but now I can finally share it with you: I’m writing my second book! What’s the premise? When’s the release date? I’m giving you all of the details today!
Receptive Language Skills: Teaching Following Directions to Kids with Autism | Stuck Series Part 2

The second area where parents and professionals often feel stuck when working with a child or client with autism is in the area of teaching receptive language skills. Receptive skills involve a person learning to follow directions. At the beginning for children with little to no language those instructions could be simple such as “stand […]
Building Echoic Control in Children with Autism

Echoic control is when you say a word or phrase, and your child repeats it back to you like an echo. This is the fastest way for your child to build their vocabulary, and thus convey their needs to you. This is also where I see parents and professionals get stuck the most, so today I’m going to share my five tips for building echoic control with you!
Autism Language Assessment: Getting a Child Talking from Nonverbal | Stuck Series Part 1

Parents and professionals working with either kids and young adults diagnosed with autism or who have signs of autism will often come to a point where they feel stuck. This could be because of a regression that child has or maybe a chronic lack of progress in any area of development. As an autism mom, […]
Top 10 Autism Resources and Episodes from the Turn Autism Around Podcast

With 2019 coming to a close, I want to sit down and review my top ten favorite episodes from over the last year. These episodes include the most viewed episode, as well as my personal favorites. Did your favorite episode make the cut? Find out now!