What are Social Stories and How Do They Help? Social stories for autism are an important tool for social communication especially designed for people on Autism Spectrum Disorders to educate them about appropriate social manners. Social stories model appropriate social interaction by describing a situation with relevant social cues, other’s perspectives, and a suggested appropriate …
Improving Listening Skills in Children Children often struggle with listening skills, missing key pieces of information in the communication process. Helping your child improve his listening skills at an early age benefits him in school and in his social relationships. Listening is also good for their safety. For example, When you’re out in a crowded …
How to Improve Eye Contact in Children with Autism? Improve Eye Contact in Children with Autism, We get a huge chunk of our information about the world from what we see. If you want your child to learn faster, then you have to help your child look more. Speech, social skills, potty training—everything goes faster …
Read more How to Improve Eye Contact in Children with Autism?
Dealing with Anxiety in Children Children with anxiety difficulties tend to lack confidence in their abilities and feel overwhelmed easily. They are also driven to avoid the things that cause them anxiety, and in doing so, don’t get the chance to learn that what they fear will usually not happen. You can help by working …
Burn Out in Mommies: Its Okay and There’s No Shame in It! What is a Burn Out11 AM. It’s a usual mundane weekday. You have done the laundry and the maid has done the dishes and your kids are in school. You quickly make a list of things that need to be done for the …
Read more Burn Out in Mommies: Its Okay and There’s No Shame in It!
Social Anxiety: How to Help Your Child? Social Anxiety is the fear of social interactions and feeling uncomfortable around a group of people. Children with Social Anxiety are often misunderstood as being shy. Social Anxiety is more prevalent in children with autism spectrum disorder. The “shy” label may be somewhat accurate, but it does nothing …
Social Skill Activities for Adults with Autism Social Skill Activities, For adults on the autism spectrum, social interaction can be a significant challenge. The increased demands of social life in the adult world, coupled with the non-verbal communication and perspective challenges that come with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), can make aspects of daily interaction overwhelming …
Playdates For Children With Special Needs Playdates are vital for all children to hone critical social skills on which future relationships will be built. But with special needs children, scheduling a playdate can feel a bit overwhelming. Special needs children tend to have a difficult time interacting with their peers. As a parent, you want to …
Self-Control Activities for Children Introducing new behaviors to children or changing or modifying the old ones can be a herculean task. Children are quick learners and absorb things like a sponge. Therefore, what we present to them has to be done with a certain thought and deliberately at times. Self-control is one such thing that …
Depression in Elderly: How to Help a Parent Depression can affect anyone regardless of their age, gender or any other background. While we are still yet to overcome the stigmas attached to this disease, the geriatric population in our country continues to suffer. Lack of awareness also leads to the family feeling helpless and not …