This open letter is written to parents of all children with ASD, both male and female, which is why you will find my use of alternating pronouns throughout this letter. I understand this is not the correct use of “masculine preferred” however I feel it does continue to remind parents of both males and females […]
I’m celebrating Austism Awareness Month with a few giveaways!!!! This week I’m giving away: Sensory Needs and ASD: What EVERY SLP Should Know! I’m very excited to be sharing this product with some lucky follower! Check out the product description below and enter via the rafflecopter widget at the bottom of this blog. If you […]
I’m celebrating Austism Awareness Month with a few giveaways!!!! This week I’m giving away my newest product: Beyond Eye Contact: Connecting with the Young Pre-Verbal Child with ASD I’m very excited to be sharing this new product with some lucky follower! Check out the product description below and enter via the rafflecopter widget at the bottom […]
I’m super excited to announce my newest product: Beyond Eye Contact: Connecting with Young Pre-Verbal Children with ASD!! Do you have a client/student with ASD on your caseload who is stumping you? Are you feeling lost, confused, or overwhelmed by the fact that this client spends most of his/her time participating in stimulatory behaviors? Is […]
A pitot randomized controlled trial of DIR/Floortime parenting training intervention for pre-school children with autistic spectrum disorders Citation: Pajareya, K., & Nopmaneejumruslers, K. (2011). A pilot randomized controlled trial of DIR/Floortime™ parent training intervention for pre-school children with autistic spectrum disorders. Autism, 15 (5), 563-577. doi: DOI: 10.1177/1362361310386502 Purpose: Purpose of this study was to compare DIR/Floortime parent […]
Introducing, my latest product, Practical Strategies to Meet Sensory Need of Students in the Speech Therapy Room! It is generally recognized and agreed upon that many children on the autism spectrum also process sensory information differently than NT children. Therefore, their sensory needs will also be different. In my product, Sensory Needs and ASD: What Every SLP […]
Can training parents in play improve communication skills in children with ASD? Can parents become the interventionists? Can parents successfully implement techniques that positively affect communication skills in their children with ASD? These are questions that have been asked for decades. Dr. Stanley Greenspan, developer of the DIR/Floortime Model of therapy intervention, not only believed […]
It’s Tip Tuesday and today I would like to talk to you about an amazing opportunity I had over the summer to participate in an 11 hour professional development course on The Greenspan Floortime Approach. As you may know, Dr. Stanley Greenspan developed the DIR/Floortime approach. And although DIR has been observed to be a positive […]
This product is a MUST HAVE for any speech-language pathologist, experienced or new to autism spectrum disorders, graduate students or even educators who have, are, and will work with children with ASD. Before any child can learn, he/she must be in a state of alertness otherwise known as self-regulation. For our students with ASD and […]
Article: Increasing Social Interaction Using Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching with Nonverbal School-Age Children with Autism Citation: Franco, J., Davis, B., & Davis, J. (2013). Increasing social interaction using prelinguistic milieu teaching with nonverbal school-age children with autism. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 22, 489-502. doi: 10.1044/1058-0360(2012/10-0103) Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect […]
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