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When Disaster Strikes: 7 Activities to Try with Tissues 23 May 2013 | 08:10 am
When natural disasters or personal crises leave us in a lurch, it can be hard to keep a sensory diet going. Favored sensory diet tools may be lost or just not on-hand. Creativity has to be re-direct...
Your Strong-Willed Child at Summer Camp 23 May 2013 | 08:01 am
If you have a strong-willed child, you probably notice that they are charismatic and creative, move quickly, make their own rules, and let you know what they want and when they want it (now!). They t...
The New Social Story Book Give Away 22 May 2013 | 08:59 am
Social stories are used to teach social skills to children with autism. A social story is a simple description of an everyday social situation, written from a child’s perspective. Social stories can b...
What Your Child’s Pediatrician May Be Missing! 21 May 2013 | 08:01 am
Early detection of a developmental delay is an art. Small children don’t always respond on command. Pediatricians do the best job they can in the limited time they have with patients, but getting a d...
Your Uniquely Quirky Child at Summer Camp 20 May 2013 | 08:10 am
Your child loves computers, video games, or anything mechanical. He or she would love to stay in the house and play on the iPad or computer all day every day. It is unnerving and a little (or maybe ...
Why Autism Awareness Is Not Enough 19 May 2013 | 08:01 am
Whew! I made it past another April. As an autistic I have a love/hate relationship with April – the AUTISM month. I love that increasingly more people over time have become aware of autism. I hate tha...
Your Exuberant Child at Summer Camp 18 May 2013 | 08:01 am
Camp seems like the perfect place for an exuberant child who is excited about everything. However, these are also the kids who may melt down at home or unexpectedly, at camp. They may seem fine one ...
7 Tips To Address Sleep Deprivation 17 May 2013 | 08:01 am
Getting our children to sleep at night can be a monumental challenge. It is one of THE most talked about topics on various forums and message boards. When our children do not sleep, we do not sleep an...
Your Cautious Child at Summer Camp 16 May 2013 | 08:05 am
The cautious, sensitive, maybe shy and serious temperament can be one of the toughest to manage during these raucous camp days. Parents want their child to have lots of friends, fun in the sun and go...
Occupational Therapist Gives a “Shout Out” to All Speech Therapists 16 May 2013 | 08:01 am
May is Better Speech and Hearing month and I want to give a shout out to all the Speech Language Pathologist’s (SLP) out there who help our children with so many different issues with expressive and r...
