December 2009 - Autism Blogger - The Network of Care

Some Techniques to Enhance Communication

Some ideas from the communication section of my website: Mand-Model Technique- The Mand-Model technique will encourage communicative competence because it is designed for children who are generally not initiators of communicative exchanges. This approach...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 3:40 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Experience

Start Them Early

Alex has been receiving therapies since he was a baby living in a hospital, and we wish we’d started earlier, 50 grand be damned. I believe early treatment is to autism as scoring 50 points in the first quarter is to winning a football game: It only makes...

Published Fri, Dec 11 2009 3:03 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Roll On (forgot to hit "publish" on the blog control last week...

Sitting at the dinnertable, I hear a strange noise from the bathroom and suddenly realize that Alex has been in there for almost the whole time it's taken me to eat half my slice of salmon loaf. "Alex, what are you doing in there?" He's...

Published Fri, Dec 11 2009 3:44 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

love you

My 21 one month old son was just given a provisional autism diagnosis. He makes sounds but is unable to speak any real words. I am ashamed to say I am feeling like nobody else understands what our life is like. Our son can not say mamma, dadda or love...

Published Fri, Dec 11 2009 7:41 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

been too long

It has been entirely too long since I have been here on this site. I miss everyone so very much. I hope to have more time to get back involved here now that my recovery from surgery is almost done. The twins are doing so well at school. Michael is saying...

Published Mon, Dec 14 2009 7:20 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Other Stuff

troy

So ive have know for 3 years that my son has austim. He is 6 1/2 years old now. I have support from my parents with him. His dad is involved every other weekend. So most of the time he is gone on the weekends. Sunday night to friday afternoon he is with...

Published Sat, Dec 05 2009 9:38 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Experience

The Looks

Recently, Alex kept trying to scoot through an open door in the basement of our neighborhood supermarket. The store wasn’t crowded and hardly anyone noticed me hauling him back to the checkout line except a young lady working the register. I saw her looking...

Published Fri, Dec 11 2009 3:45 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

The Cost of Autism

I apologize if my title is misleading. Today, I'm not talking about what autism costs all of us in general. I know the costs associated with evaluations and interventions can be staggering. Today, I am going to drill down and be a bit more specific...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 1:33 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Help

One of the Many confusing behaviors

I am new today to this site. I have a nine year old son with many issues. But today I thought I would ask about just one. Nobody on the many sites I have looked at has talked about this one so I was just curious if anyone has come across this. My son...

Published Tue, Dec 01 2009 3:44 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Autism and Asperger’s and Hearing What You are Saying: Tips for Teachers, Bosses, Parents and Spouses

See the CNN video that inspired this post. "When you hear a sound, your brain responds. When the child with autism hears a sound, their brain responds too, but a little bit later. What we're seeing is a...split-second delay in recognizing that...

Published Thu, Dec 10 2009 5:36 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Education

Roll On

Sitting at the dinnertable, I hear a strange noise from the bathroom and suddenly realize that Alex has been in there for almost the whole time it's taken me to eat half my slice of salmon loaf. "Alex, what are you doing in there?" He's...

Published Fri, Dec 04 2009 7:32 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Approaching Expectations

Have written new blog post on my website. Tagged for Autism and Christianity. http://www.forthesakeofjoy.com/approaching-expectations/ On a related note - does anyone else find "report card time" to be a bit of a joke? :) Our overall grade,...

Published Sat, Dec 05 2009 9:52 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

When to change strategies concerning interventions

If you are working with a child with Autism or disability and are wondering if you should change strategies consider the following... Has the person been feeling well? not over tired or hungry when the intervention was run? Are preferred items being used...

Published Wed, Dec 02 2009 6:36 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Ideas

The power of prayer

Hi, my name is Jennifer and I'm a mother of twins. A boy and a girl. They are 18 months old. My son seemed to be a normal well developing baby and then at about 12 months old he started showing signs of Autism. He would avoid eye contact with everyone...

Published Thu, Dec 10 2009 3:51 PM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

Filed under: Autism Experience

Let Us Pray

The Catholic Review of the Archdiocese of Baltimore has run an interesting story on how the church is beginning to deal with parishioner families living with autism . (I tried to show the story to Alex, but he just kept running to the TV to watch “Elmo...

Published Thu, Dec 17 2009 9:19 AM by Autism Blogger - The Online Autism Support Group

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Some Techniques to Enhance Communication

Start Them Early

Roll On (forgot to hit "publish" on the blog control last week...

love you

been too long

troy

The Looks

The Cost of Autism

One of the Many confusing behaviors

Autism and Asperger’s and Hearing What You are Saying: Tips for Teachers, Bosses, Parents and Spouses

Roll On

Approaching Expectations

When to change strategies concerning interventions

The power of prayer

Let Us Pray