Managing children’s behavior in public is a timeless struggle for parents. Having a child throw a major temper tantrum or act out in a public place, like Wal-Mart or Chili’s, is a horrifying event that most parents experience at least once, if not repeatedly with preschool and elementary children. It does not have to [...]
Once we got the boys communicating through our work with Disney videos, we needed to get their behavior under control. A wonderful therapist who worked largely with the deaf community recommended a token economy. It saved our lives! Here are some of the basics..... Token Economy "One of the most important technologies of behaviour [...]
Language is about life and life is for living I was working with a family last week and taking some time to understand how the ALL Toy Story (Disney / Pixar) learning content was working with their young autistic son. We had started working with this young boy some weeks prior and the data [...]
The Power of Sound: A Therapy Worth Listening To? Auditory and language processing deficits can be multi-faceted and complex, and knowing where to turn to help a child with these challenges can be overwhelming for parents. Sound or listening therapies might be helpful for some children, and in fact, anecdotal evidence abounds of children [...]
3 Ways Technology Can Help Students with Autism by Meghan Bogardus Cortez Twitter Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech: Focus on K–12. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. Digital tools have the power to help students with learning disabilities communicate and gain confidence. It is a statistic that most Americans would [...]
The Use of Technology in Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders Statistics released from the Center of Disease Control (CDC) indicate that 1 out of 68 children in the United States will be diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Studies indicate that 20-30% of these children will be unable to communicate their wants, needs, [...]
What is dyslexia? Dyslexia is a complex language problem. It has to do with the way the brain works, not with vision. It involves not being able to break a word down into the sounds that make it up, and not being able to write and think about the sounds in a word. Kids [...]
Developmental Delay What is developmental delay? Developmental Delay is when your child does not reach their developmental milestones at the expected times. It is an ongoing major or minor delay in the process of development. If your child is temporarily lagging behind, that is not called developmental delay. Delay can occur in one or [...]
Speech Therapy Speech-language pathology is a field of expertise practiced by a clinician known as a Speech-language pathologist (SLP), also called speech and language therapist, or speech therapist, who specializes in the evaluation and treatment of communication disorders and swallowing disorders. The components of speech production include: phonation, producing sound; resonance; fluency; intonation, variance ofpitch; [...]
Your Child's Rights After months of research, a team of lawyers at Goodwin Procter LLP generously put together a helpful guide to help families understand the IEP process as their loved ones head back to school. This 26 page guide contains an IEP timeline and clearly lays out the steps to take throughout the [...]
