Liam’s grandfather needed a few things at the home improvement store and decided to take his twelve year-old grand son, Liam, along. As they were walking through the store, Liam became anxious
Have you ever been frustrated with your child’s behavior and found yourself thinking something like, “It really doesn’t matter what I do…
Teaching Social Behaviors for Independent Living As I sit on the beach, I reflect on our son’s success. I start to fall into a transcendental moment of pride. I even...
Potty Training Children with Special Needs It is not uncommon for children with special needs to have difficulty with potty training. This may be because they cannot recognize bodily sensations...
Question: “How do I assist my special needs teen/adult to express their feelings appropriately”? Advice: Not an easy answer to say the least. I have found that, typically, the parent/adult...
Expanding food options for the picky eater Javier eats a couple of bites of his chicken nuggets, pushes his pasta around on his plate, turns up his nose at his...
Avoiding Power Struggles After throwing away meat wrappers, Suzy asks her son, David, to take out the trash before she leaves the room to make a phone call. When Suzy...
Helping Children Succeed Most of the time, our children are happy and agreeable. That is, possibly, until we ask them to do something they don’t want to do. When we...
Positive Behavior Support is becoming common practice in schools across the nation and has been successful in improving students’ social and academic performance. Unfortunately, parents are often unaware of how...
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a popular intervention approach for individuals with disabilities, especially young children with autism. Unfortunately, however, there are widespread misconceptions regarding what ABA really entails. Many...
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