Autism Adventures; How to Help Your Child Concentrate From March 2, 2017 This tip is something I picked up from my son’s OT (occupational therapists). In order for your child to concentrate, they need to first organize themselves. When I say “organize themselves” I don’t mean a revolution, lol. I mean helping your child organize […]

Biting; How to Help Your Child Communicate Without Aggression Aggression can very easily creep in and build to overshadow other progress. It’s been a painstakingly long process, but the data shows we are past the end of the extinction bursts of this behavior. The original blog entry addresses the first round. The update addresses how […]

Autism Adventures; Silver Linings Spring 2021: It’s been 7 years since my son received his diagnosis. I’ve described some techniques that have helped him develop daily living abilities. The second year, about 2015, he started banging his head against the wall and meltdowns that literally lasted not just hours, but days. Sometimes these extended meltdowns […]

From Happy Tips Chapter 21 Love may be the most daunting step toward happiness. Fully loving yourself means accepting all parts of yourself, and risking getting hurt. What would it take to welcome every side of you into the world, and invest in building something bigger than yourself with a community? It takes time and […]

Emotional Spectrum A whole spectrum of valid emotions courses through each of us. Contrary to popular connotation, no emotion is bad. Each serves a purpose. The bad part only happens when a person stays in an emotion too long, letting it take control, or making poor decisions about how to act on an emotion. It’s […]