Halloween Social Skills Situations
Halloween Social Situations The Holidays can bring up new and different social situations and this can be stressful for some kids. Halloween is fast approaching and we wanted to help provide you with strategies to help bring up some of these difficult social situations. HOW CAN WE HELP? One way to help your child understand…
Autism | Life skills | Sensory
Tips for Halloween for Children with Autism
Halloween can be a fun holiday, but for some children and families Halloween may cause more stress than fun. We want to try to create a fun halloween for ALL children and to remember we may need to adjust how we approach the holiday. For some children wearing a halloween costume may not feel good…
How to use Visual Timers to help Children with Autism with Transitions
*This post contains affiliate links. There is no extra cost to you, but will greatly help our family. Please see our disclosure statement for further details. Visual Timers to help with Transitions and Behaviors for Children with Autism and Special Needs Lately, I have been getting a lot of questions about how to help children…
Autism | Life skills | Support
7 Tips on How to Make the Morning Routine Easier for Families with Teenagers with Autism
*This post may contain affiliate links. There is no extra cost to you, but we could earn money that will greatly help our family. Please see our disclosure for further information. In our family, the only morning person is my dad. The rest of us are NOT morning people. Mornings can be really hard in…
Autism and Bathing Issues: Tips on How to Help
Learn about autism and bathing issues and tips and strategies on what you can do to help make taking a shower or bath easier for them. Taking a shower or bath can be very overwhelming because there are so many different steps and sensory experiences going on while bathing. Bathing issues can make someone feel…
7 Tips for Taking a Vacation with a Teenager with Autism
7 Tips for Taking a Vacation with a Teenager with Autism *This post contains affiliate links. There is no extra cost to you, but will greatly help our family. Please see our disclosure for further information. This past weekend I was able to go on a little vacation to Kansas City with my brother, mom,…
Sensory Issues with Clothing: A Brief Guide for Comfort
Use this guide to help you better understand sensory issues with clothing. Understanding sensory issues with clothing can be quite confusing for many parents and caregivers. However, by having a good grasp of the sensory system and how it affects children is crucial in helping them navigate these challenges. Sensory issues with clothing can be…
How to Teach Teenagers with Autism Personal Hygiene Self-Care Tasks
Teaching Personal Hygiene Self-Care Tasks As you may know our family is working hard to teach my teenage brother with autism to be independent with every day tasks and some of those skills include personal hygiene self care tasks. My mom, really wanted to know where he stood with how much he could do on…