Here are tips and strategies to help you teach children with aspergers and high functioning autism.
Why is this social skills teaching method so important for teenagers on the autism spectrum? The PEERS UCLA staff answer this question best: Having one or two close friends is predictive of later adjustment and: Can buffer the impact of stressful life events Correlates positively with self-esteem Increases independence Correlates negatively with depression and anxiety […]
Thinking With Your Eyes: An Aspergers Teaching Tip The eyes are the windows of the soul. –English proverb Many parents, teachers, and therapists assume that people with Aspergers don’t want to communicate. It’s not true. What most NT’s (neurotypicals) have hard-wired into their brains, Aspies (people with Aspergers) don’t: social cognitive knowledge. Michelle Garcia […]
I’ve wrestled with this question. I’m a professional therapist. I’ve narrowed my target niche to include those on the autism spectrum. But often, I wonder. I’m not on the autism spectrum. I don’t know exactly what it’s like to be on the spectrum. Have you wondered the same thing? As a parent, a loved one, or […]
Social Behavior Mapping Can Save Your Sanity! How many parents are pulling their hair out from all the incident reports they are getting regarding their kid’s behavior in school? How many Aspergers kids dread going to school because they don’t know what they are going to do wrong next? How many teachers are having nightmares […]
