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Enjoying the holidays with an autistic child

Lisa Jo Rudy

Question: Enjoying the Holidays with an Autistic Child How can we possibly enjoy the holidays with an autistic child? Answer: From Dr. Cindy Ariel: Holidays are often filled with stress. It takes work to make a beautiful and fun holiday for yourself and those around you. There is a lot of pressure to make the holidays perfect and fun, and to enjoy yourself while you're doing it. This is a tall order in any situation, but when you add to that the stress of having a child with special needs for whom ..

Establishing positive sleep patterns for young children with autism spectrum disorder

Marci Wheeler

Most parents have had some experience with a child who has difficulty falling asleep, wakes up frequently during the night, and/or only sleeps a few hours each night. Temporary sleep difficulties are an “expected” phase of child development. Ongoing and pe ..

Addressing problem behaviors with ASD children

Rosalba Maistoru M.A., BCBA

With the increased emphasis on the provision of educational services in least restrictive settings for all children with disabilities (IDEA, 2004), more children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are being served in general education classrooms. Unfortunate ..

The perspective taking spectrum

Michelle Garcia Winner

Joe, a 6-year-old boy, with a passion for chemistry, was working with a therapist in my office for difficulties related to Asperger Syndrome. Joe had an amazingly sophisticated vocabulary and language skills that reflected his strong intelligence, measured to ..

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Navigating the assessment maze

Rosalba Maistoru M.A., BCBA

How is a disability identified? What do the test scores mean? For individuals with special needs, assessment becomes a major part of their academic experience. The term assessment is often used loosely by individuals in many different settings to mean many dif ..

Lateral movement and autism

Eric Chessen, M.S.

When discussing sports or, more importantly, preparing for life skills and daily challenges, it is necessary to address all facets of movement. Basically, we move in all sorts of directions throughout the day, and the more we can practice or train the proper w ..

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Steps to starting a home-based ABA program

Nicole Caldwell, M.Ed.

1. Hire a Consultant to Create and Supervise the Program A consultant can be an individual who works either independently or for an agency. The consultant you choose should be a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) or have similar training and experience. ..

Weighing in on the last two months of chaos

Dr. Anthony C. Hollander

This has been a very chaotic past couple of weeks for me. There has been so much going on in the “autism community” that my head is spinning. DSM V The American Psychiatric Association (APA) wants to drop the classification of Asperger’s syndrome bec ..

Exercise, science, and the art of wading through information

Eric Chessen, M.S.

I was informed that this was the biomedical issue and immediately raised an eyebrow. Of course I wanted to write an article that provided some continuity with the overall theme; however I did not want to send my editor a 1,000-word shoe-horn job that somehow s ..

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Parenting through to adulthood

Michelle Garcia Winner

When our kids are in preschool there are tons of books, parent support groups, play groups, field trips and play dates. When our kids get older all of that goes away, during some of our hardest parenting years we have the fewest networks and support systems... ..

Reading with your school-age child: Building vocabulary one word at a time

Beverly Vicker, CCC-SLP

Parents are invested in insuring the best outcome possible for their child who has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This article puts a different spin on parent opportunity to help one’s child build his/her vocabulary. It is focused on awareness of a part ..

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