Archive for the ‘Functional’ Category

It’s still Dental Health Month — More Freebies

It’s still Dental Health Month — More Freebies
The wonderful people at Colgate have provided such great activities and Freebies on their website for the promotion of Good Oral hygiene for children. S-is-for-smile-mini-poster My-Bright-Smile-Storybook Brush-for-a-Bright-Smile Bright-Smile-Today-Family-Take-Home Bright-Smiles-Bright-Futures-2-3 B-is-for-brushing-mini-poster ...
February 11th, 2011 | Free Printables, Functional, Functional, Parents | Read More

Oral Hygiene and Autism

Oral Hygiene and Autism
It’s not February yet but February is Dental Health Month.  We are a few weeks early but we wanted to discuss oral hygiene and autism. Student on the more severe end of the autism spectrum sometimes will have significant difficulty with oral hygiene.  So, we wanted to include a visual schedule...
January 9th, 2011 | Free Printables, Functional, Functional, Parents | Read More

Kids Health

Kids Health
 KidsHealth is a great site.  This site has alot of different pages of activities and even videos that would be helpful to both teachers and parents. What I thought was great about this site was the focus on things that could be used with our students with disabilities, particularly autism.  As you...
January 4th, 2011 | Functional, Functional, Great Websites, Parents | Read More

Helping Out Around the House

Helping Out Around the House
Do your children help out around the house? Do they have chores? Well, your child with autism should also be responsible for doing chores and helping out around the house. Include them.  You are probably saying, “are you kidding, I’ll have a bigger mess than when I started!”  Well,...
February 20th, 2009 | Free Printables, Functional, Functional, Parents | Read More

Adaptations

Adaptations
The most important thing in the world that you can do for your child with autism is to teach them how to be independent. Regardless of how much autism affects their daily lives we should all find ways to teach them how to become as independent as is possible. This post is written for those of you who...
November 30th, 2008 | Functional, Parents | Read More

Teaching Laundry Skills

Teaching Laundry Skills
You know how important it is to teach children to become as independent as they can – well we want to provide you with a few visual supports and helps that that assist you in creating an environment that will encourage independence.  Laundry is one of the chores that children and young adults...
August 21st, 2008 | Free Printables, Functional, Functional, Parents | Read More

Toileting

Toileting
Toilet training. A parent’s worst nightmare! Well, we know that it can be a challenge for neuro-typical students but most of us can not even imagine what it must be like for students with autism or other challenges. I wish I had an easy answer – a pill, a spray, a something to make it all...
August 20th, 2008 | Functional, Parents | Read More