Social Stories – Siobhan Timmins and Social Articles into Adulthood
Dr Siobhan Timmins is an approved Satellite Trainer in Social Stories™ and offers training in the approach to parents, professionals, and NHS staff. She is an…
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Asperger’s Syndrome and Jail
Ahead of the publication of his book, Asperger’s Syndrome and Jail, Will Attwood tells us why this book is needed, and how his own experience…
Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism
New book Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism has been written by autistic women, for autistic women. Barb Cook and 14 other autistic women…
It’s Time to Tell a Story…
Mary Medlicott, author of Storytelling and Story-Reading in Early Years, is a professional storyteller, storytelling trainer and storytelling workshop leader with over 30 years’ experience. Here she…
Social Skills: Just a Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down! by Shawn Amador
Shawn Amador, LCSW, is a school social worker who runs an after school comedy troupe, and is a part time therapist. Her new book, Teaching…
Nurturing Personal, Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood
Read on for an extract from Debbie Garvey’s new book for Early Years professionals Nurturing Personal, Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood by Debbie Garvey…
How to develop positive thinking in young people with autism by using Social Stories ™
” What Einstein was to atomic theory, astronomy, and math, Siobhan Timmins is to Social Stories™ “ Carol Gray (founder and creator of Social Stories™) …
5 things about conversation that everyone on the autism spectrum should know
Starting a conversation and then maintaining one can be difficult for teenagers and young adults on the autism spectrum. In the following blog Paul Jordan,…
No matter how young the child, honesty is the best way…
That is according to Nathalie Slosse, author of Big Tree is Sick, who tells the story of how the book came to be, as well as laying…
Anti Bullying Week: Adrienne Katz provides tips for keeping your school e-safe and preventing cyberbullying
Research shows that for many schools it is hard to keep up with the high speed train that is a student’s online life. New apps…