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“What do you think he would have told me if he could have?”

Three little words: behavior is communication. This poignant reader question, from my Positive Parenting Solutions guest blog appearance, gets to the heart of what happens when a child with autism cannot communicate his needs. Q: I teach children who have autism, so I often wish I could get inside their heads to know what’s motivating them. Each is so individual [...]

Ellen Admin2013-04-02T11:56:08-07:00April 2nd, 2013|The Next Thing You Know|

Autism parenting: Quieting your little screamer. Yes, you can.

A parent asks: My son is four, and we have bad days that leave me in tears. It’s so hard when I don’t understand what he’s trying to communicate. Screaming (I compare it to a car alarm) is his primary form of communication: screaming at me if I choose the wrong color of silverware for him or the wrong chair [...]

Ellen Admin2013-03-06T14:49:08-08:00March 6th, 2013|The Next Thing You Know|

Autism parenting: Taming those public meltdowns. Yes, you can.

Those dreaded public meltdowns. Most parents of kiddos with autism have faced this ugly beast of a problem at least once—and once is more than enough. Fortunately, such meltdowns needn’t be a fact of life with autism.A parent asks: My son is nearly four and has high functioning ASD. We have had some challenging times lately with battles of wills. [...]

Ellen Admin2013-02-11T11:26:15-08:00February 11th, 2013|The Next Thing You Know|