Last April, JKP celebrated World Autism Awareness Day 2011 at the V&A Museum of Childhood’s special autism event and exhibition. The highlight of this special day was a reading…
JKP attended The National Autistic Society’s conference on Understanding and Managing Challenging Behaviour held at Kensington Town Hall in London on the 6th July. The…
“once people understand meltdown triggers and why they occur the enviroment can be modified to help reduce the number of meltdowns. And more compassion instead of critism can be offered to us because we feel awful afterwards; feelings of remorse and regret are common because we didn’t want it to occur. It isn’t like we have a “quota” of so many meltdowns we need to have in a day. It just happens due to overwhelming factors beyond our (the autistic person’s) control.”
By Signe Whitson, author of How to Be Angry: An Assertive Anger Expression Group Guide for Kids and Teens. As a therapist, I have talked…
By Signe Whitson, author of How to Be Angry: An Assertive Anger Expression Group Guide for Kids and Teens. Do you know a child who…
By Signe Whitson, author of How to Be Angry: An Assertive Anger Expression Group Guide for Kids and Teens. It’s one thing to write about…
By Signe Whitson, author of How to Be Angry: An Assertive Anger Expression Group Guide for Kids and Teens. Pack lunch or buy it? Headband…
“I think parents are a key component to teens understanding the social puzzle. No one knows a child better than their parent and every family has its own set of values. If parents work together with their teens it will not only bring guidance to the teen but also insight to the parent on how their teen thinks. Parents can guide their teen to responses that are acceptable within their own family values.”
The 5P Approach, featured in Linda Miller’s book Practical Behaviour Management Solutions for Children and Teens with Autism, is gathering a rapidly growing number of…
By Gill D. Ansell, author of Working with Asperger Syndrome in the Classroom: An Insider’s Guide Being a Teaching Assistant is not what it once…