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How Families Find Sensory-Friendly Community Events for Children with Autism
...zones: spaces to decompress away from the main activity Visual supports: social stories, visual schedules, or...spaces to decompress away from the main activity Visual supports: social stories, visual schedules, or...
Lifestyle > Relationships
How to Help Your Child With Autism Build and Keep Friendships
How to help autistic children make and keep friends, from social stories and role-play to peer-mediated programs and structured playdates.
News > Sports
Special Olympics is Inspiring Careers for Life!
...involved in the games everywhere I go! I've always been fascinated by people's stories and standing in line gives me the opportunity to talk to someone I might...still get together on Sundays and enjoy getting out and continuing their social interaction and fun exercise....
Assistive Tech > Apps
App of the Day: Reading Comprehension Camp
...This article is courtesy of Wynsum Arts' Every App Has a Story, the stories behind Wynsum Arts' distinguished apps. "The questions in Reading Comprehension...therapy apps but the products offered by the company range from AAC apps to social skills apps to stuttering apps. "Barbara and I are always brainstorming...
Assistive Tech > Apps
12 Best Special Needs Apps of 2012-Special Education
...technology as a way to hide from social and emotional experiences....computer apps actually encourage social/emotional and developmental...assist in helping to build social and emotional bridges between...talking photo albums to create social stories. 3) "Dragon Diction"...photo albums to create social stories. 3) "Dragon Diction" by Nuane...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day – MyAutismTeam
This article is courtesy of Wynsum Arts' Every App Has a Story, the stories behind Wynsum Arts' distinguished apps. "We have created a community of...he says. "They struggled to find support." Peacock, who was working in social media at the time, talked about the dilemma with some colleagues. They recognized...
Health > Mental Health
Anger, Self-Destructive Tendencies, Depression, and Learning Disorders
...dyslexia may also be a reaction to frustration or anger with home, school, or social situations. The child may feel anger toward either school or home and release...questions, children feel safe to express themselves and their emotions. The stories I hear from these kids would positively shock their...
Parenting > School Years
Book Excerpt: Easy to Love, but Hard to Raise
...with "invisible" but very real disabilities. As these parents share their stories, a sense of empathy and support emerges until the reader comes away feeling...give insight into topics ranging from ADHD to homeschooling to a child's social IQ in each chapter's question and answer sections. This book is an excellent...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Special Needs
...comprehending. They may also have difficulty relating to other people in social situations. If you are parents of kids with special needs in any area of...of the way. Here at Special Needs, we give you the opportunity to read stories from other parents about their children and the situations that they have...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day – Pictello
...Every App Has a Story , the stories behind Wynsum Arts' distinguished...Jennifer Marden, who brought her social stories app to AssistiveWare....Marden, who brought her social stories app to AssistiveWare. Niemeijer...a wizard mode for creating stories so that kids could easily make...could easily make their own stories, a nice user interface with...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: i See-quence ... My Schedules at School
...of Wynsum Arts' Every App Has a Story , the stories behind Wynsum Arts' distinguished apps....apps are designed to help children understand social situations. We use real photos, text and audio,...with recalling, retaining and retelling about social situations, and they do...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: i See-quence Going to Fireworks
...iGet It, LLC, who creates social stories and customizable book...It, LLC, who creates social stories and customizable book apps...so you can create you own stories and update them as needed....a simple tool for creating social stories and other educational...simple tool for creating social stories and other educational resources....