On my Facebook page: Family has a nonverbal child whose vocal stimming has increased from occasional to nearly nonstop. Family and school know there is an unmet need but are unable to pinpoint. Child has been in intensive therapy for six years but shows little interest in anything. Anyone with similar experience have thoughts to [...]
The January-February issue Ancestry focuses on the work lives of our forebears. In Nice Work If You Can Get It, I discover that the amateur, unpaid genealogist of today had well-paid predecessors a century ago.
We do it because we love it.
There’s always one more elusive ancestor to track down, one more document to pinpoint. As [...]
Out with the old and in with the new! I have six signed copies of the original edition of 1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders to give to you before the second edition is released next month. Email your street address by 11:59 pm PST Friday, January 22 to [...]
My interview with schoolfamily.com offers thoughts for those just starting out in special education. Read the article here.
As adults, one of the laziest verbal shortcuts we use is admonishing our children to “pay attention!” What we really mean is that we want them to focus on listening to information we are giving them verbally or demonstrating for them. There is no money exchanged, no pay involved, and for children with some language-based [...]
Today on my Facebook page: parents weighing on how to help a child who is a self-biter. Click here to join the discussion.
It just could be a case of the blind leading the blind, but if you’re exhausted enough, check out my article “Putting kids’ autism sleep issues to rest” in the December issue of MetroKids Philadelphia. Scout’s honor, some of these things worked for us; some, not for us, but for others. Does your kiddo have [...]
“Home for the holidays?” Or, “let’s get this party started?” The holidays can be a stressful time for families under the best of circumstances. For your child with autism, they can be particularly difficult. Familiar routines are out the window and unfamiliar – and sometimes unfair – expectations arise at every turn.
Listen in and hear [...]
Coming Spring 2010 – updated and expanded
1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism or Asperger’s
By Ellen Notbohm and Veronica Zysk
We’re excited about the second edition of our award-winning bestseller! Not only is it packed with hundreds of new ideas, but we’ve delved deeper into some of the critical issues we face as parents [...]
