Disclaimer statement: I traded products with the Speech Owl to write this post. The opinions and ideas expressed are my own. I’m participating in Kim and Angela from Sounds Like Fun’s Speech trading post. The idea is simple, we were each paired up with a different blogger (kind of like a blogger pen pal) […]
Archives for April 2015
Every Day Social Skills (review)
Disclaimer: I received a sample of these videos for the purpose of reviewing for no cost. However, the opinions are my own. I have always been interested in video modeling as a therapeutic or treatment technique for children on the Autism spectrum. I was excited when I was contacted by Every Day Speech […]
7 Activities for Strengthening Eye Gaze & Facial Referencing +a {Freebie}
Yesterday I wrote about how my views on eye contact have changed over the years. Today I am going to talk about some of my favorite therapy activities to teach facial referencing and eye gaze. My goal with these games and activities is to facilitate awareness of why the child needs to check in visually […]
Autism Awareness Month: Eye contact
Every year, I write a post about eye contact. This is a combination of posts that I have written in the past as well as some new information. When I first started in working with individuals on the autism spectrum, I remember writing goals like, “Johnny will maintain eye contact for a 2 minute period.” […]
The Fib REVEALED
Hope you had fun during our 2 facts and a fib blog hop. I loved reading everyone’s and trying to guess what their lie was. My FIB: I once followed Jessica Lange around a mall in Minnesota but I was too shy to go down to the first floor and get her autograph. FIB I actually […]
Autism: Echolalia and filling in the blanks {repost}
I am probably sitting in a hot tub right now surrounded by some elderly people who wish my son would stop talking. We are visiting my mom in Arizona. While I am away, I thought I would update and repost some of my popular posts related to Autism. ****************************************************************************************************************** Echolalia refers to when a child repeats […]
Autism Awareness month: Categorization
Categorization is another one of my favorite goals to work on. Categorization is really a fundamental skill which helps direct our thought processes. We use categorization to plan events, organize our homes, create shopping lists and navigate stores efficiently. In order to categorize objects appropriately, we need to be able to recognize similarities and […]
Social skills books: two great series: {repost}
April is Autism Awareness month. When I went to school, we had one day of training on how to work with children on the Autism spectrum. I had two clients on my caseload and most people didn’t know what autism was. In March 2014, the CDC put the prevalence of autism as 1 in 68 […]