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How to Teach an Autistic Child Conversation Skills

Teaching Conversation to a Child with Autism Teaching conversation to a child or adult within the Autism Spectrum of Disorders can be a challenge. Whether it be an individual with severe Autism or a high functioning individual with Asperger Syndrome, … Continue reading

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Biomedical Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorders

What is Biomedical treatment? There is a lot of hype about treating Autism Spectrum Disorders with Bio-Medical treatments. So what are Biomedical treatments and how do they help with the common traits and symptoms of an Autism Spectrum Disorder? Bookmark … Continue reading

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New Autism and Special Schools Directory

New Autism and Special Schools Directory We constantly see posts in Autism related forums about people searching / researching for Special Schools and Schools that cater for Autsim or ASD children. There is certainly schools out there that cater for … Continue reading

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RDI – Relationship Development Intervention

What is RDI Relationship Development Intervention RDI is a systematic intervention style program designed to help children with difficulty in forming and retaining relationship competence in their natural environment such as children with Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD) … Continue reading

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Ten Things To Know About Autism

FAQ About Autism and Autistic Persons Here is a list of the most FAQ (frequently asked questions) with answers in respect to Autism Spectrum Disorders and Autistic children and or persons. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook … Continue reading

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Scotson Technique Can Help Children With Autism.

Help is needed with research by parents of children in the Autism Spectrum of Disorders. Please help and complete the survey below, there is no personal or sensitive information gathered in this survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/autism1. Linda Scotson (The Scotson Technique) is … Continue reading

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Recovery from Autism Spectrum Disorders

Recovery from Autism is not a Dirty Word After reading many posts in forums and groups it seems that there are Doctors, individuals and communities out there that actually frown on the word “Recovery” when in reference to Autism Spectrum … Continue reading

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Best Teaching Aids for Children With Autism and Special Needs

We have had over ten years experience with tutoring and teaching our daughter with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Below is some of the Teaching Aids we used that we think were the most successful in her development and learning. Bookmark … Continue reading

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Music and Sound Therapy as a Treatment for Autism.

We learned about Music and Sound Therapy for treating Autism (ASD) as well as other Pervasive Development Disorders (PDD), early on our journey with Isy. There are several different types of Sound or Music Therapy, also know as Auditory Stimulation … Continue reading

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Day Schedule Strips to Teach and Calm Autistic Children

Modifying Behavior in Autistic Children Schedule and Day strips are a great way to get an Autistic child to understand what is going on on a day to day basis. It teaches them language and can modify their behavior by … Continue reading

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