Posts tagged parenting
Promoting Independence: Mornings

Wouldn’t you love to have a few moments in the morning start your day on the right foot? By teaching your child some skills on what to do when they wake up in the morning, you’ll promote their independence, and maybe even get to drink your coffee while it’s still hot!

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Traveling During the Holidays

The holidays are typically the busiest time of year where there are lots of various celebrations and traveling adventures that occur frequently for families. If you have a child, teenager, or adult with autism spectrum disorder holiday travel can be overwhelming. We hope these guideline and quick tips will help lead you and your family to success during this busy traveling time!   

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Promoting Independence: Mealtimes

If you are home with your kids right now (and assuming you’re reading this during the COVID-19 pandemic, you probably are) you know that kids eat way more often than the three meal times during the day…While I can’t guarantee your child will stop loving goldfish, (or ask for chicken nuggets at dinner) I can offer you some behavior analytic tips to help your child be more independent during mealtime & snack time. 

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How to Help Your Child Transition to Cold Weather Clothing

“Mom, I DON’T WANNA WEAR A JACKET!”

Is this something that sounds familiar to you? For some kids, transitioning into wearing cold weather clothing is difficult, and for some kids diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, it’s exceptionally difficult. From the change in schedule, to the change in length and textures of clothing...wearing jackets and pants after wearing nice loose t-shirts and shorts all summer can bring about some tantrums from your kiddo.

Thankfully, there are some things you can do to ease your child’s transition so they put that jacket on!


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Our Autism Journey: A Parents Perspective

My name is Michelle. I work for the Behavior Place, and I am Tara’s assistant. I met Tara about 3 years ago when I was looking for ABA for my son. This is our family Autism Journey.

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Finding a Provider for ABA Therapy

My child has autism. Now, what do I do? This is one of the most common questions parents of children with autism ask themselves. This is also a question we hear all the time. Searching for and finding a service provider qualified to provide Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services can be an intimidating task.


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