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I found this on the net and my instinct is telling me it's very promising. I wanted to try but it seems so expensive for us. I wanted to know if there are parents here who have tried and if it really works..
we hope to start soon. we are going to ask the grand parents to pay for it.
I do "classroom" activities with my four-year-old son Devin and his little sister at the table that includes puzzles and coloring, ipad apps, colors, numbers, reading books, etc. I also try to incorporate functional activities, following directions activities, social activities, etc. But I'm always looking for new ideas to better help him and since it's the New Year I'm ramping up (hopefully) what I do with him at home. I worry about the early learning years as he has just turned 4 and often… read more
download Environmental Enrichment as an Effective Treatment for Autism:
A Randomized Controlled Trial from psycnet.apa.org. The study has the exercises and protocol used listed :>
I haven't heard of this one. I will have to look up that one :)
Look into Neruocore.
My 6 yr old grandson has started having temper tantrums every time he is told, No, that he can't have what he wants. He is nonverbal and actually gets so angry that he tries to squeeze your arm or whatever part of your body is accessable and on occasion has even bitten. All this going on, while yelling at the top of his lungs. Telling him to go sit in his chair, does nothing but make him angrier and if you try to take him to sit down, he just stiffens his whole body and stays in the spot or… read more
SOunds so familiar. My son is tantruming so bad now. His tantrums seem to stem off of his OCD and sensory issues as well as just behavioral. Its so hard to know how to minimize this since its… read more
I keep seeing this promoted and wanted to know if others tried it with success. It seems promising..
Not heard of it. Is it based on ABA principles? There Rethink Autism which is online ABA based curriculum which is also subscription based like this one.
Hi. I was researching how to incorporate use of essential oils, and I stumbled onto the study using "Environmental Enrichment" for kids with autism. I believe that this is the basis for Mendability (a program for which you pay a certain amount of money a month to have help from OT's in carrying out a sort of sensorimotor stimulation program adapted for your kid). Makes some intuitive sense to me. I found one old question about using Mendability, and wanted to see if anyone else has used it.
… read moreGreat. Thx
I keep seeing this promoted and wanted to know if others tried it with success. It seems promising..
How do you deal with a child who is suffering from anxiety? I don't know what to do to help my 6year old autistic son who is dealing with anxiety
@A MyAutismTeam Member, I noticed this was a year ago...just wondering if you found anything that helped?