We love Michelle Garcia Winner’s Think Social!I make this quick activity for labeling Expected vs. Unexpected events for our students with ASD. You can either print out several copies and have your students put a check next to the events they believe are “expected” or “unexpected” or you can use the visual cue cards I […]
Today I’d like to talk about RESPONSE TIME. As we know already, children with ASD have different sensory processing systems. Because of this, many times children with ASD are busy “processing” sensory information before they can possibly begin to process the words we are speaking to them. So what do we do? The same thing […]
Chevron boarder: http://coffeekidsandcompulsivelists.blogspot.com.au/ Last week we talked a little bit about ONE (and I stress only 1) technique of MANY that can be used to teach children with ASD, discrete trial training (DTT). Today I want to show you how I use some of the principles of DTT in a more functional way in the […]
Years ago I was working my with a 4 year old diagnosed with ASD. It was the first therapy day of the school year and I was working in a new school, so this was my first time meeting this little cutie. With the early childhood teacher’s cue, he walked over to me (looking every […]
Chevron boarder: http://coffeekidsandcompulsivelists.blogspot.com.au/ As April is Autism Awareness Month, I thought over the next four weeks, I would take time to write about one of things I LOVE about being an SLP, working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)! I know many of you SLPs reading this out there are familiar with many of […]
With the holidays quickly approaching, and how different our schedules will be over break that I thought I’d share with you the importance of using a visual schedule/charts to reduce anxiety for your children.Visual schedules and visual charts are a great way to teach your child what events are to come as well as what […]
Social Stories are often used to teach social skills to persons with various disabilities and disorders (the most well known being persons with ASD-Austism Spectrum Disorders). I personally LOVE social stories for ALL children no matter what their diagnosis! Why, you ask? For several reasons: 1. Social stories are usually short, clear and concise. 2. […]
Autism has quickly become the most highly diagnosed disorder among children over the past 10 years. Current incidence rates suggest 1 out of every 88 children is diagnosed with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). It can be overwhelming to hear as a parent. You many not know where to turn or what types of treatment programs […]
When parents are new to the diagnosis of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders) or other medical diagnosis that have sensory processing deficits as a characteristic, it can be overwhelming to hear so many professional terms and understand what it all means. As a Speech-Language-Pathologist, I have worked with several children with sensory processing difficulties and wonderful OTs (Occupational Therapists) […]
Whether or not vaccinations cause autism is a very heated and controversial debate today. There are strong proponents on both sides of the argument. In an attempt to provide parents with the most recent research I have created the power point presentation below. The goal of this blog is not to take a stand on […]
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