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Helpful Strategies & Resources

Whether at home or in the classroom, it's important to master the best techniques that promote social development and general education for children of all ages, including those with learning and developmental disabilities.

  The resources provided in this section are packed with techniques and strategies to help children with special needs (i.e. Autism, PDD, Asperger Syndrome, etc.) sand their peers learn to interact with each other.

The articles, printables, video lessons and other resources that are available and regularly updated are designed to provide different approaches that help develop your child's social skills, emotional skills, and quality of character.

These resources include parent/teacher-initiated and student-initiated techniques that help build social skills and teach academic subjects to children with special needs.

We also aim to supply guidelines, activities, strategies and advice for addressing social and emotional issues for your child to learn about conflict, friendship, equality, empathy, peace, and more.




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Our first lesson, featuring Maria Wheeler, M.Ed., BCBA, will help you better understand how to increase tolerance in your child through helpful strategies and tips.



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Understanding Your Child

Treasure Chest of Behavioral Strategies

Behaviors vary across Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and across individuals. However, the factors that contribute to challenging behaviors are a function of the characteristics of ASD. The severity of the person's ASD does not determine the severity of behavior problems. Someone who has a milder form of ASD may present with severely limiting behaviors.

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Tips & Resources For You & Your Child

Tolerance Limits vs Comfort Zones vs Survival Mode

Survival Mode is a physical state of arousal and alertness that occurs in your brain and body to prepare you to deal with life and death situations. This is part of a physical response system that people have in their brains and bodies to improve the chance of survival in potentially life threatening situations. The Survival Mode reactions that occur when a person’s brain interprets a situation as being life threatening are sometimes referred to as the “fight, flight or fright” response.

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Additional Resources

> Compare and contrast the 3 states.













 
 
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