Author: Stacy Landry

• Activities

  Role Play

  One way to help with social skills is to role play. Children with autism want to socialize, they just don’t know how! So they engage in socially awkward behaviors such as pushing, invading personal space, stimming, etc. Instead of apologizing to the other parent, TEACH your child what they need…

  October 17, 2018
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  Food Play

  Who has a picky eater?! Then it’s time to play with food!! Use exposure therapy to get little ones familiar with new items. The more they see the item, the more likely they are to try it. This isn’t going to happen over night. This is a process and it…

  October 12, 2018
• Lifestyle

  Girls and Autism

  I think it’s great that more studies are being published on girls with autism. A previous client had not been diagnosed with autism due to her social skills. I urged mom to keep getting other opinions because I knew there was something there. Finally, mom found a hospital that had…

  August 3, 2017
• Activities

  Table Time

  A common concern most parents have is for their child to sit and eat at the table. Since eating isn’t a favorite for most children with autism, sitting at the table won’t be either. The first thing that needs to be done is to make the table time fun! Have…

  July 21, 2017