by Tamara | Mar 13, 2024 | Getting Help, Treatments/Services
If your autistic child has verbal and/or other communications challenges, a Picture Exchange Communications System, also called PECS, could be a wonderful way to enhance how your child communicates. But what is PECS and how as a parent can you find it and someone to...
by Tamara | Feb 10, 2024 | Getting Help, Treatments/Services
Many autistic children struggle with eating. This can be due to sensory issues with food such as the texture, taste, smell or temperature. Others are more inflexible about what they will eat because of the way they think about food. Some autistic children have...
by Tamara | Jan 21, 2024 | IEP/School Services, School
Taking notes in class can really help improve grades and encourage your teen with ADHD and autism to stay engaged in learning. Yet, I don’t think our schools do a good enough job in teaching our teens this essential skill. It is especially important if your teen will...
by Tamara | Jan 15, 2024 | Behaviors, Understanding behaviors
As a parent of a child with ADHD, you may be confused as to why your child forgets so many things and seems easily distracted yet can then be so focused on certain activities for a long time. That is called hyperfocus. I’ve seen my son J have this at times when he is...
by Tamara | Dec 31, 2023 | Getting Help
For those who have autism, many have sensory issues of multiple kinds. But when is it something more than autism? When are these sensory issues themselves a condition called sensory processing disorder? My son J has ultra hearing, and it was very bad when he was...
by Tamara | Dec 19, 2023 | Getting Help
You suspect that your child may have autism and seek out testing. Yet, what does the testing look like and what should you expect? Is it a long process or is it fairly quick? As a parent, you have a lot of questions if your child needs to have an autism evaluation. Do...
by Tamara | Dec 2, 2023 | Getting Help, Treatments/Services
We all enjoy recreation, whether it’s activities outdoors or different types of them and hobbies indoors. Yet did you realize there is recreational therapy and that it could benefit your child or teen with autism? Better yet, that it’s usually covered by your state’s...
by Tamara | Nov 25, 2023 | Getting Help
For working parents, we don’t always get as many days off as our kids do for school holiday and other breaks. If your child is in a year-round or balanced calendar school system, then they may have two weeks off both for fall and spring breaks. They also usually get...
