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Support Spring Routine Changes: End of School Year Survival Guide

It’s the end of the school year!  Is your calendar filling up with fieldtrips, recitals, celebrations?  Amongst the activity, are you and your child also feeling chaos, decisions, and multi emotions?  It’s a bittersweet time.  We honor and celebrate accomplishments that have been the year in the making, appreciate those that helped us to get …

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Teaching Emotions & Self Regulation To Children: Simple Tips For Parents and Teachers

Children are constantly faced with so many new, strange and exciting emotions. It can be difficult for them to understand what these new feelings mean, let alone how to manage them. This is why it’s so important for children to learn how to identify and label their emotions early on. In order to build our …

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Teaching Students Who Take Instructions Literally

When teaching neurodiverse students (especially autism), it’s important to remember that they take things literally. You also need to be as visual and hands-on as possible. This means using real objects, pictures, or anything else that will make your instructions clear. To help you get started, here are some ideas for teaching neurodiverse students who …

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Understand Big Behaviors at Home and What’s Causing Them

Want to understand big behaviors at home?  Do you know what’s causing them? Just as each child is individual and unique, there are many reasons your child may be having big reactions at home.  For neurodiverse children such as those with autism, ADHD, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, behaviors communicate how a child’s body and mind are …

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Unexpected Schedule Changes & Chaos: 5 Steps to Support Your Child

Unexpected schedule changes can throw off your child’s routine and cause chaos.  Ever had a fun event get cancelled or a routine change unexpectedly?  Our children trust in feeling secure with predictable events and schedules.  Knowing what to expect gives our children an internal sense of calm. “I know what’s going to happen.  I don’t …

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