Over the years, many teachers have continued to use Child’s Work games and activities faithfully, because they have proven to be ideal in enabling their students to learn new ideas and strategies while having fun. For most counselors, it is...
Teacher Choice Award recognizes 'Stepping Up To Character'. The DVD is focused on character education for kids and teens through the use of wit, humor and a group of puppet characters. Through skits and guided brain-storming sessions the kids come...
Therapeutic horseback riding for kids with autism has proven to be beneficial in helping those kids expand their skills. There are many activities that benefit kids with autism, but therapeutic horseback riding is growing in popularity not only for the...
Autism - Do you recognize the Signs? A quiet, withdrawn little girl sitting in a pool of silence, surrounded by laughing, screaming kids at a birthday party…a little boy throwing a tantrum at a supermarket because someone brushed past him down...
There is a story I could share about how this word was directed towards someone I love dearly. But I won't. I heard what was muttered and the person it was directed towards did not. Putting it in print will...
We will now discuss the topic that no one wants to discuss: Autism and puberty Long before my daughter's hormones began to change I had thoroughly planted myself in denial. Not only would she begin puberty far, far into the...
Sharing the Spectrum: Welcome to "Sharing the Spectrum," our best reads of the week from parents of children with special needs. Whether these posts had us nodding in agreement or considering a different viewpoint, they all made us think! I'm...
I remember watching my daughter when she was young, sifting sand through her fingers and watching it fall, right beside a group of kids her age. They would be digging and pouring and building together and she would be cupping...
This past week, one of our Childswork bloggers, Jim, shared a list of fathers who blog about autism and their families. They each have a story to tell, much like the moms who blog. We loved the idea of seeing...
