A New Tool in our Toolbox - Ambulance Comfort Kit
When you hear ‘tools in my toolbox’, most think of a construction worker, handyman, electrician or plumber. However, there are others that carry a toolbox too. As an EMT, my...
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5 Tips to Help Teens Build Relationships
Relationships can be difficult for kids and teens at the best of times; but when it comes to kids who have other difficulties, such as being on the spectrum, and/or...
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5 Tips for Teaching & Reviewing Survival Signs & Symbols
Look around you. Everywhere you look you see a sign or a symbol indicating something. Special signs, symbols, and directions are encountered in every area of our lives. They provide...
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Build and Generalize Skills
Have you worked with a student before on labeling, only to find that they had trouble generalizing that skill to novel examples or into the natural environment? This is something...
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Don’t Lose Yourself
Years ago the hubbo came up to me and told me he wanted to go out on a date night. At the time I was exhausted and overwhelmed with trying...
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Things to Think About When Decorating for the Holidays
A few years ago a therapist shared a story with us about a young man at a group home that kept attacking the Christmas tree. Every day he would try...
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Tips for a Great Holiday Visit with Autistic Family Members
You have a family member with autism coming to visit you. That's great! Visiting with family is a wonderful holiday tradition. For family members with autism, this can be an...
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Tips for Preparing Your Child for Halloween
Halloween is right around the corner and here are a few tips to help kids get ready. Happy trick or treating! Trick or Treating Tips Trick or treating...
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Is Your Kid Chewing on Everything?
Chubuddy was started in 2011 after several years of struggles finding the right chew for our son. He was chewing through or losing 2-3 chews per week and we were...
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Do You Always Have Worries?
Got Worries? Sometimes, I write the books I wished I’d had as a mother of young children. Sometimes, I write books with my son in mind (The Survival Guide for...
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Inclusion Solutions: Cooperative Learning Can Benefit Every Student
“Inclusion works to the advantage of everyone. We all have things to learn and we all have something to teach.” Helen Henderson Every student can benefit from effective cooperative learning....
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How Choices Can Increase Compliance
I was so proud of my husband the other night. As I was finishing up the dinner dishes, I overheard him tell our four-year-old son it was time for bed....
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Bias or Belief, What Influences Your Autism World?
In today’s virtual world, things are moving so incredibly fast with an overload of information at our fingertips. It has increasingly become more and more difficult to form one’s own...
