This one is simple. Taking an authoritarian approach inevitably means using the fear of negative consequences – be those physical, emotional, or other – to…...
Boundaries are good. They keep you safe. They keep bad things out. They keep good things in. They contain the whole. You can’t not have…...
Compliance, Structure and Cooperation: The right kind of boundaries Read More »
In a similar way to boundaries, we both need structure and at the same time the wrong kind of structures can end up working against…...
Compliance, Structure, and Cooperation: The right kind of structure Read More »
With autism many of us as parents want to get our child to speak. This is natural! If there is one thing that defines the…...
Attachment parenting is something of a buzz word these days – but what does it mean and why is it relevant here? Let’s back up…...
Homo sapiens sapiens – i.e. us – is generally reckoned to be around 200,000 years old. Of course we may turn out to be much…...
Goal To teach the child why we use deodorant and to transition them towards using it themselves Why is this life skill important? It is…...
Goal: To help the child learn about common emotions such as sadness, happiness, anger and fear and be able to identify those emotions in themselves…...
Goal To model to the child why and how we point with the goal of the child themselves spontaneously starting to point Why is this…...
Goal? To model to the child that the further away you are from an object the smaller it will appear Why is this life skill…...
What do we mean by allowing a child to be barefoot? Many children on the autism spectrum suffer from severe sensory issues which can make…...
Sensory: Importance of allowing child to be barefoot Read More »
Purpose: A mud kitchen provides an incredible opportunity to develop physical skills, language, imaginative play, and encourage social interaction. It is also one of the…...
It’s a strange thing that our species is called homo sapiens sapiens. If sapiens means thinking, and sapiens sapiens therefore means “really fricking thinking”, why…...
If we know that autists generally have overdeveloped or overactivated amygdalas which produce cortisol, which shuts down communication and learning, then we also know that…...
In the previous module we talked about singing, counting, chanting while using swings, trampolines, and the like. Song is an essential component of human culture…....
Song and dance lays the foundation for verbal expression Read More »
When it comes to autism, animals truly are your friend. A lot of kids will relate to animals way more easily and happily than they…...
Use of animals and their vocalizations for verbal skills Read More »
Have you ever noticed how when you listen to the radio or an audiobook, you seem to take in more of what’s been said than…...
How to talk to your child to promote functional word use Read More »
This is a logical extension of the preceding module. It’s about showing the child what works among neuro-typicals before we ask the child to participate…....
So, we understand that language starts with the body. A child communicates what they want by moving towards it, grasping it and so on. The…...
Building from kinetic language to verbal language Read More »
You could argue that we have already covered this in the preceding module. But it’s good to take a moment to point out, once again,…...
Interestingly, this is also a kinetic exercise. You would think, that reading is an essentially static or sedentary activity. After all, it’s hard to read…...
If you have read the preceding modules on echolalia and why it’s a good thing, then you will understand that this is an extension of…...
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Goal: To teach the child how to play a rule based game such as tag or hide and seek Why is this life skill important?…...
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