WHAT CAN WE DO AS PARENTS TO HELP OUR CHILDREN WITH THEIR SENSORY PROCESSING NEEDS FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE CARES FOR SOUND SENSITIVITIES? *This post contains affiliate links. When you use this link to buy, we get a portion of the fee, at no cost to you. Please see our disclosure statement for further details. SOUND Some children and…
Where do I start when I want to help my teen become more independent with life skills? This is a question our family has asked ourselves many times when working with my brother and when I work in the clinic as an occupational therapist. There are tons and tons of life skills to possibly help…
Learn about different autism life skills you can teach help them improve their quality of life and teaching strategies for life skills. I am not misbehaving, I do not know how to act in social situations. I do not understand how to read body language or how to ask for help. I don’t know how…
When you think about the future for your teen what scares you the most? *This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure for further information. What are things you feel that your child excels at and what are things you feel that your child needs to improve upon as they transition into adulthood?…
Thanksgiving Social Situations It is that time of year for the Holiday season and this can bring on new experiences, especially new social situations. These new social situations can bring added stress for children and teenagers with autism. Thanksgiving can be a time when we get together with extended family members and this could mean…
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…
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…
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…
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…