If you are a parent who has a child with a diagnosis of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) and/or a child who is nonverbal and diagnosed with autism (one, the other, or both) then you will want today’s tips. The similarity here is that in both cases (or combination of cases) a child has limited Continue reading
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Episode 54: A Message Of Hope And Encouragement For You And Your Child With Autism
Instead of 3 tips today I give you one BIG tip in a message of hope and encouragement for YOU and YOUR CHILD’S future. Much love to you 😀 Hugs, Hallie (& Sleeping Lily)
Episode 53: Tips For A Successful Bath or Shower Time With Your Child With Autism
If you are a parent of a child with Autism, then you may have a struggle with teaching your child hygiene. In today’s episode we discuss how to make bath or shower time successful! Let’s go! Love, Hallie & Lily PS – Sorry for the blurry video. We started using a new software to record Continue reading
Homework: Is it REALLY worth it?
When it comes to homework for ANY child, I pose the question, is it REALLY worth it? Here’s what over 300 of you had to say… Does your child with autism get assigned homework? Posted by Hallie Bulkin on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 After all, homework is supposed to be reinforcement of what the child is learning Continue reading
3 Tips To Keep Your Wandering Child with Autism Safe
If you have a child who tries to escape or elope when in public, from his/her classroom at school or even from your own home when you take two minutes to use the bathroom, watch today’s video. It will give you life-saving tips for your child that will help them be prepared for a worst Continue reading
How I Start Each Year…
Reflecting on 2015… Every year I take some time to reflect on the previous year before deciding what I want the coming year to look like. Do you do this? I actually start this is December…reflecting on how the prior 11 months went for my family, business, health goals and more. If you don’t but Continue reading
A trip to the Post office
Today’s guest post is by Katrina Maria Gelderbloem. She has a powerful message to share so please do pass this along! —- So for anyone else this would be easy to do. Right? I collected Clayton from school and drove into the car park outside the post office, parked in the disabled bay ( Continue reading
Episode 49: What To Do When Your Child’s IEP Is NOT Being Followed
One of our parents, Carissa, submitted a question asking what to do as her child’s accommodations on his IEP (individualized education plan) is not being followed. This is a very serious topic since the IEP is a legal document and MUST be implemented as written!! Listed to my game plan for Carissa and ANYONE who Continue reading
5 Tips For A Successful Birthday Party For Your Child With Autism
If you were to ask me if I think you should give your child with autism a birthday party my response will be, “do you think your child wants a birthday party?” I mean this with a heart full of love and respect for you and your child, but many times the parent pushes their Continue reading
How to keep the bullies at bay for kids and teens on the autism spectrum
As someone who was an autistic child and is now an autistic adult I want to share the problems of bullying that are faced by those on the spectrum of any age together with some solutions that can be implemented. Furthermore, this article comes right after anti-bullying week and this is a topic not addressed Continue reading