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1. Social Thinking and its Impact on Academics
   As a teacher and parent of children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome I have begun to notice a pattern in the academic development of the higher funct . . . keep reading
   
   
2. Beat the Clock
   You have the visuals in place. Your child is able to perform a certain task such as getting ready for school. But it seems to take forever to get the task completed. This idea can help motivate your child to be faster and get the task done . . . keep reading
   
   
3. Autism Information Handout
   Many children within the autism spectrum are being taught in mainstream classrooms with daily pullouts for social training and other specialized suppo . . . keep reading
   
   
4. Alternate Lamination
   In order to insure durability of materials I paste them on construction paper, cardstock or tag board and then laminate them. This also allows the chi . . . keep reading
   
   
5. Being Angry
   Sometimes I feel angry. All kids feel angry at one time or another.   When I feel angry, I will try to take one deep breathe nice and slow. & . . . keep reading
   
   
6. Close to 20
   A fun game to work on addition, subtraction, and turn taking . . . keep reading
   
   
7. Emotions Go Fish
   This is a fun game that helps work on emotion recognition . . . keep reading
   
   
8. Please and Thank You Game
   A variation of Simon Say's. Children work on dealing with winning and losing, following directions, and saying please and thank you . . . keep reading
   
   
9. Helping Your Child Overcome Social Impairments
   Diagnosis According to the DSM-IV (Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition), children with Autism, Asperger Syndrome and PD . . . keep reading
   
   
10. Animal Antics
    A fun way to meet heavy work sensory needs . . . keep reading
    
    
11. The Hungry Monster
    A fun way to learn about greater than and less than . . . keep reading
    
    
12. Flexible Thinking vs Rock Thinking
    This lesson focuses on understanding what social thinking is while giving some concrete examples that children with ASD can understand. This lesson is ideal as a beginning lesson for a social thinking group . . . keep reading
    
    
13. Sensory Integration and Your Child
    Children in the autism spectrum will often be either sensory seeking or sensory defensive and can benefit greatly from the use of various sensory integration techniques and activities . . . keep reading
    
    
14. Why We Use Our Words
    Helps children understand that other people have different thoughts and see things from different perspectives and that in order to communicate our needs and wants we all need to use our words . . . keep reading
    
    
15. Musical Cotton Balls
    A fun, group activity that works on fine motor skills . . . keep reading
    
    
16. Pete's A Pizza
    The children will sequence a story in order to improve their reading comprehension . . . keep reading
    
    
17. Stop and Write
    Helps develop following directions, writing letters or words and gross motor skills . . . keep reading
    
    
18. Barrier Game
    Develops communication skills, color & shape identification, and perspective taking . . . keep reading
    
    
19. "Space-man"
    Teaches children to put spaces between words . . . keep reading
    
    
20. Story Retell Squares
    Retelling a story in sequential order . . . keep reading
    
    

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