When toddlers are inattentive, hyper focused on certain topics or items, or extremely hyperactive, both professionals and parents wonder if it's normal, if it's just a phase, or if it's ADHD or autism. Today, I want to discuss ADHD vs. autism symptoms in very young children and the treatment for both.
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I commonly hear things like, "my child's problem behaviors are caused by sensory issues, so I don't want to treat them like behavior issues." I feel like there's a lot of confusion as to whether a behavior is caused by something sensory, or if it should be treated like any other behavior. So, today I'm going to talk all about autism sensory issues, and how they can be treated.
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When my son Lucas was young, I thought he had high functioning autism because he was included in typical toddler preschool classes and was warm and cuddly with me. But now most would consider Lucas low functioning. After two decades in the autism world, I really don't like the terms "high functioning" and "low functioning". So today I'm going to get on my soapbox about these terms, talk about how to tell, if it matters, and what to do about high functioning versus low functioning autism.
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Many kids with autism who have some language but are not conversational say lines from movies and pat phrases repetitively. We call this scripting or delayed echolalia. So today I'm going to cover why kids with autism script so much and give some strategies to reduce it if it becomes a problem.
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Autism professionals and parents often have a lot of questions surrounding disciplining children with and without autism. There's added confusion about what discipline is, and how you should do it. So today we're talking all about the important subject of discipline and <a href="https://marybarbera.com/positive-parenting-solutions-without-coercion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">positive parenting</a>. If you're wondering how to discipline a child with autism, this blog is for you.
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Many children with autism spectrum disorder struggle with and have poor eye contact. Both parents and professionals often wonder if we should focus on teaching eye contact, and, if so, how to teach this important nonverbal skill. Today I'm going to get on my soapbox about autism and eye contact.
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Recently, on a Facebook Live, I asked parents and professionals if they could wave a magic wand, what autism struggle would they want to go away? A handful of people said they wanted to make meltdowns go away, so today, I'm going to talk about three autism meltdown strategies to help both parents and professionals.
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Many kids with autism have a hard time going to the dentist, and since dental visits only happen one to two times a year it’s hard to work on this skill. So today I’m going to show you a video on autism dental care and talk about strategies you can work on to make going to the dentist easier.</span>
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Many children with and without autism are picky eaters, and some even have serious feeding disorders, which need to be treated by medical professionals. In these circumstances, a thorough evaluation at a feeding clinic may be needed, but there are a lot of kids that can be helped at home or at school, so today I'm going to give you 7 picky eating strategies to help picky eaters start to eat better.
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Children with autism rarely have the safety awareness skills they need and are at higher risk of accidental death than typically developing children. Today I'm talking with a mother who lost her child in an effort to help raise autism safety awareness and prevent the same from happening to other children.</span>
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