Chevron boarder: http://coffeekidsandcompulsivelists.blogspot.com.au/ Today I’d like to explore two other therapeutic models for working with children with ASD: Greenspan’s DIR model and Dr. Solomon’s P.L.A.Y. project. Disclaimer: Please understand I am not an expert in either of these models but am attempting to simply share what I have learned via my own research for the […]
This month we are talking all about Autism Spectrum Disorders. Many children on the Autism spectrum will exhibit sensory processing issues also known as sensory processing disorder (SPD). Today I have a wonderful educational FREEBIE using information from Angie Voss’ fabulous, newly updated book, Understanding Your Child’s Sensory Signals: Keep it real. Keep it sensory. Keep […]
I know I’ve talked about a sensory diet for our kiddos with ASD but I want to take this moment just to once again highlight why we as SLPs MUST be involved in understanding our clients’ sensory needs. EVERYTHING begins with sensory input. ALL learning occurs only through our senses. So if our child has […]
Disclaimer: I am an SLP, NOT an OT and not the specialist in the area of sensory processing. I share this information below for the sole purpose of education as a very brief overview of this area of treatment for children with ASD. If you would like more information on this subject, go to the […]
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 […]
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