April is Autism Awareness Month. I’ve worked with a lot of individuals with autism. Back in the middle ages, when I was in grad school, I had a one day lecture that talked about autism. When I got into the field, I was unprepared for the clients with whom I was working. I spent a lot […]
Perspective Taking and Gift Giving
Are your students able to think about other people’s perspectives when thinking about presents at the holidays? This is a hard skill for a lot of neurotypical adults such as my husband. One year, he bought me a child sized Tinkerbell towel at Target. First of all, I am not a one of those fortunate child […]
How I do it: Teaching first/then
Do you have students or clients who don’t have a good understanding of first/then commands? If they don’t follow first/then directions, it can make it tricky to participate in therapy activities or understand reward schedules. Today I am going to share my tips for teaching first/then concepts. We use first/then commands all the time. I use […]
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.” […]
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 […]
Green Zone Conversation Program (review)
Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of Joel Shaul’s book, The Green Zone Conversation Book in order to complete this review. I did not receive and compensation for writing this post and The opinions expressed are my own. I’m a huge fan of Joel Shaul’s website, Autism Teaching Strategies . If you work with students who […]
The Eye contact debate
Should you encourage eye contact for children on the autism spectrum? When I first started working as a speech language pathologist, it was common to see goals such as “Johnny will sustain eye contact for 5 minutes” or “Johnny will maintain eye contact for 90% of a conversation.” This is a great goal if your […]
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