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Baking Fun

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Language Learning and Baking Fun With Mom And Dad written by: Stefanie Valdes Hi Mom and Dad! There are many fun ways to make listening, speech, and language activities part of your child’s daily life. One of my favorite ways to do so is to include your child when it’s time to cook. I especially enjoy baking a cake! In this program, I’ve included examples on how to stimulate listening, speech, and language from your child. Don’t worry about doing all of these activities at once; you can do any of the expressive and receptive language activities on different baking occasions. The more you do them, the easier it will become to incorporate more than one at a time. Why Should You Do This At Home? More important than what any Speech Therapist can contribute to your child is the time that you as a parent share with your child. You are the most critical part of your child’s developmental progress. It is crucial that you incorporate activities like these at home so that you can translate therapy into your child’s everyday activities. Doing so will make sure there is carryover. The fact that your child is hearing impaired makes…

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Restricting Play: Restricting Development 

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Proven by research it is essential that children have interaction with other children. Play during the early years allows children to increase both language and physical development. Social interactions with peers become more spontaneous. And imaginative play flourishes when you subtract the adult led interaction. It has been documented that children who spend less time playing freely with each other outside, have more anxiety and depression.So parents please turn off those televisions and take the family to the park for some good old fashioned healthy fun. For the full article and more information visit the Discovery News site

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Autism Risks: Genes May Not Play Biggest Role

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Latest research proves that genes are not the only role associated with autism. It seems that environmental factors are just as significant to the risk of autism sharing 50% with genetics. For more information on this topic please visit the National Public Radio site.

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Does Autism Equal Divorce?

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In a study of 78,000 children, 64% had autism spectrum disorders and had married parents. In contrast, according to a Special Needs Parenting Article supported by research conducted on May 19, 2010; 80% of marriages end in divorce when a child in the family has autism. However, there is no scientific basis for this cause, yet autism just like any other medical diagnosis can eventually take a toll on a family. Once a family discovers that their loved one is indeed touched by Autism, they are consumed with therapy and medical appointments. They forget the importance of building and keeping a strong foundation for a family. Mothers usually tend to the child and completely forget about their spouse and her own needs. If you feel that your family needs help, ask for help and don’t let yourselves become another statistic of divorce. A Personal Account of Family Dynamics Once Affected by Autism Here is a personal account of a family affected by the diagnosis of Autism deals with family building and addressing the needs of the people in the family as opposed to concentrating energy solely on the child with a special need. In this article the Donnell family addresses…

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The One and Only Sam

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A Story Explaining Idiom for Children With Asperger Syndrome and Other Communication Difficulties: Written By Aileen Stalker Excerpt taken from Amazon One day it was raining and Sam’s mother said to his father, ‘My goodness, George – it is raining cats and dogs outside’. ‘That’s strange’, thought Sam. When he looked up into the sky, he couldn’t see cats and dogs anywhere, no matter where he looked. All he could see were giant raindrops and big puddles. “The One and Only Sam” is the heart-warming story of a boy who, like many children, often struggles to understand the ‘silly sayings’ used by adults. Throughout the story, Sam encounters a range of common idioms. Each idiom is accompanied by an illustration of its literal interpretation and its real meaning, encouraging children to explore what sayings such as ‘curiosity killed the cat’, ‘hold your horses’, and ‘quiet as a mouse’ sound like and what they might really mean. Special emphasis is placed on the ‘feeling aspect’ of each saying, encouraging children to think about the implied emotions of the words. The book also suggests simple steps that children can take whenever they encounter new and unfamiliar idioms that are not covered in…

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