on Jan 14, 2009 in
Autism Therapy
Parents of a child with autism face very difficult decisions. What type of autism therapy do I pursue? Is this behavior correctable through therapy, medicine, or is this just part of his or her make up? Will this behavior eventually go away? (more…)
on Jan 12, 2009 in
Autism Therapy
When a child is is first diagnosed with autism, there is this feeling of panic. I have to fix him/her. Parents look for whatever autism therapy they can find. Magic pills. We all do it. We want to make our baby “normal”. There are so many people who claim that their child has been “cured” [...]
on Jan 8, 2009 in
Autism Therapy
Recently, we were visiting with Robin and Trey Smith, owners of Simple Strokes Therapy Center. They work with all types of autism therapy for children ages 0-21. Their center is very child-friendly! Both of my sons were very much at home and wanted to stay longer than our social visit. Trey Smith [...]
on Jan 6, 2009 in
Autism Therapy
All autism therapies are crucial in helping our children, especially early on. Today I am focusing on one that can help early and even later in development. Pragmatic speech therapy is just as crucial as any autism therapy. If a child doesn’t understand the language he or she is learning to speak, then what good [...]
on Jan 5, 2009 in
Autism Therapy
Wow! This week, its back to school for most of our kids. And it is at this time that most of us take a breath and consider: is my child’s IEP working for them? Is their autism therapy, teacher, classroom setting, etc. appropriate (yes, we know that word all too well, don’t we?) for our [...]