If you’re like a lot of autism parents, you may find that holidays are hard. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that we don’t love the holidays; many of us do. We have fond childhood memories and hope to create a warm, blanket of family traditions with our own children. But sometimes our child on [More...]
FOUR MORE WAYS TO LOOK AT COMMUNICATION
In my last blog post, I talked about four ways to look at communication, including 1.) Verbal and 2.) Nonverbal, and two popular forms of nonverbal communication, 3.) Signing and 4.) PECS and other forms of Augmentative Assistive Communication (AAC) technology. Today, going back to the four-leaf [More...]
FOUR WAYS TO LOOK AT COMMUNICATION
A couple of years ago I was asked to speak to a group of parents about communication. It happened to be right around St. Patrick’s Day, so of course I started thinking in terms of the holiday. And that brought to mind lucky four-leaf clovers. So how does that relate to communication? Well, [More...]
Positive Intervention Problem Solving
About Behavior: WHAT EXACTLY IS BEHAVIOR, ANYWAY? A lot of people hear the word and immediately think of “bad behavior” or “behavior problems.” Actually, behavior isn’t bad or good, it’s just stuff we do. Walking is an observable behavior; we can see someone doing it. Talking is [More...]