ASK Angie ASL – Holiday Signs
Holiday Signs Tips for working with the deaf 1. It’s important to remember that not all people can lip-read. Lip-reading is a skill that often requires a background knowledge of...
Practical Tips
Socialize Successfully: A Few Simple Tips to Help You During the Holiday Season
Socialize Successfully This Holiday Season you might very well find yourself at a party. It might be work related, a family gathering, a neighborhood friendly get together, or a function...
Organization Tips For Holiday Decorations
Organization tips to create a system that will last year after year Like clockwork each year, my mother went into the attic to retrieve boxes, bags and bins of Christmas...
Preparing Your Child with Special Needs for the New School Year
We see the ads in July screaming BACK TO SCHOOL SALE! Backpacks, pens, paper and yes, that funny commercial by Staples singing “it’s the most wonderful time of the year.”...
Teaching your Child Social Skills Using Let’s Choose™ Interactive Card Game
Teaching your child Social Skills Social Skill to be Learned: Wait. POSITIVE CHOICES & CONSEQUENCES (See choice card above on waiting.) A parent can teach a child how to wait...
The Data Dilemma – It’s a Love-HateThing
The Data Dilemma – It’s a Love-HateThing I am not a Behavior Analyst. I only play one in real life. You see, as a parent of a child with special...
Having a Super Healthy Summer
Summertime is right around the corner, and what a great time for a child to partake in a wide variety of SUPER HEALTHY summer activities to enrich the mind, body,...
We Are What We Eat!
You have heard this saying a million times, but what exactly does it mean to you, your family and your bodies? Americans consume huge amounts of processed foods, including: fast...
Signing & Splashin’ in the Water!
Signing & Splashin’ in the Water! Signs to use: WATER, BOAT, DUCK Play in the water with your baby…in the tub or in a kiddie pool in the backyard. Remember...
Time-Out: Does it Work? How to Improve Children’s Behavior
Time-out is one of the most popular and highly recommended disciplinary strategies. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to use correctly, and when used inconsistently or in the wrong circumstances, can make problems even
