What Is Bullying? Bullying has been in the news for a few years now. The biggest headlines were a young man being outed by secret video in his dorm room and a gang teen girls beating the hell out of another teen girl at a party. As parents, we are probably well aware that bullying […]
Our guest today on the radio show was author Helen C. Hipp who wrote a book called A Different Kind of Safari, based on her son’s experience with a heard of hippos while on safari in Africa. Helen’s son Ray alone with Rose, the hippo, are the stars of the story and Rae recently recorded […]
Can’t Do Yoga? That’s what I thought too, but you can, and I can too. I was given a month’s membership to http://www.myyogaonline.com/ and at first, I wasn’t sure I should do it. I have some major skeletal issues, but I’m also sick of not feeling strong and knew I had to do something! Then when I […]
Positive Reinforcement in Parenting When we think of discipline, we’re probably thinking of methods that are actually negative reinforcement. Punishment fits into this category, as do some consequences that are enacted in a negative way. But, positive reinforcement fits into this picture and it’s easier than we think. While some of you will be pissed off […]
Today, I interviewed Tami Goldstein who has written Coming Through The Fog, in which she shares her recommendations for other parents as she tells the story of Heather, her daughter’s, functioning recovery and the journey through autism. Tami shared some great tips, and resources today with me during her interview and I learned that a therapy I […]
How autism is treated depends on who you are and who your kid is. After my daughter’s teacher told us to take her to a doctor to try and find out why her behaviors were the way they were, it took a while to find out what to do next. Our doctor said to take […]
I recently wrote a review of several books about helping kids deal with their emotions and the behaviors that result from them. After posting the review about the RJ books by Author, Julia Cook, I was contacted by the author and personally thanked for sharing my experience.
Accepting the Diagnosis of Autism When we first heard the word Autism, we had no idea what it was. Our knowledge of the disorder was limited to a long ago memory of the Movie Rain Man and Dustin Hoffman’s character repeating numbers and other things over and over. That didn’t seem quite like our daughter. […]
Every family has a different path to Autism diagnosis. For us, it was because my daughter’s teacher had the guts to tell us something wasn’t right with Nove. Her behavior in the classroom didn’t match up to the rest of the kids, and it was bad enough that she was having trouble in every aspect of school.
Can you potty train a kid with Autism? I have 11 years experience with this, and I say – it depends on the kid. My daughter still isn’t fully in control of her body functions. Does she understand the concept? Yes, and she even goes to the bathroom appropriately several times per day. That said, she […]