Productive Ways to Address Non-Preferred Behavior
Productive Ways to Address Non-preferred Behavior The school year is in full swing and fall weather is in the air. This can be a wonderful time for families who enjoy...
Behavior
Behavior-Using Your Plan: Ways To Create Lasting Change
Using Your Behavior Plan To Create Lasting Change This is the fifth article in a series describing the process of positive behavior support. In this article, we will share strategies...
Back Talk: 5 Ways to Help Your Child Practice Communication Skills at Home
I can no longer go into the therapy room with my kid. If I’m there, he’s done. Forget walking. Forget tasting new foods. And you can definitely forget using his...
Using Your Plan: Teaching Skills
Using Your Plan: Teaching Skills Once broad goals and behaviors of concern are identified, an assessment has been completed to determine the patterns affecting your child’s behavior, and the overall...
Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) Know the Signs, Characteristics & How to Help
SPD Know the Signs, Characteristics & How to Help What do you think when you see the following? A child crying in the corner hiding behind a chair. A child...
Mate Crime Spotting the Signs of Fake Friendship
Mate Crime Spotting the Signs of Fake Friendship Sadly, we live in a society where cruelty towards vulnerable people takes place. This can be easily recognized in the form of...
Debbie Phelps Shares Some of Her Life Lessons
Debbie Phelps Shares with Us I recently heard Debbie Phelps speak; she was sharing “her story” with other women. She shared some life lessons that she has learned through the...
Keeping Our Children Safe in the Real World
Perhaps one of the most vital skills parents want to impart in their children is the ability to keep safe in all life situations. Whether crossing a street, shopping in...
Designing Strategies to Improve Your Child’s Behavior
Designing Strategies to Improve Your Child’s Behavior The process begins with identifying broad goals, choosing routines, and defining behaviors of concern. Next, you track behavior and determine the patterns that...
Considering a Service Dog? Meet My Monty
Having grown up a dog-lover, the concept of bringing a Service Dog into my life was an intriguing idea, yet, something I thought I would only ever contemplate. Then I...
