Connecting the Autism Community
“So, tomorrow is September 11th, and that is a day when we remember a very sad and scary thing that happened.”I thought he might be ready to think about the world outside his own head.”A scary thing happened?””Yes. Before you were born, when Daddy and …
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We defined self regulation and dysregulation in my last post. I want to talk about coregulation today. Psychologist Alan Fogel describes coregulation as the “continuous unfolding of individual action that is susceptible to being continuously modified by the continuously changing actions of the partner.” “Don’t rile up your brothers and sister!” was heard more than a […]
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Highlight the Rescue:PLS members from Spotsylvania COSO & Virginia State Police locate 45-year-old male client On February 1, 2016 , Of. Dibella responded to the a call at a counseling group for a report that the client walked out of his counseling meeting. As Of. Dibella responded he asked dispatch to check if the man […]
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On January 28, 2016, Cpt. Freer received a phone call from the caregiver who stating that her son was missing. He is enrolled in Project Lifesaver because he has a brain injury that causes many issues to include wandering. At the time of the phone call, the caregiver stated that they put him to bed […]
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Recently, a local Director of Special Education asked me to speak to his Friends of Different Learners group about self regulation. “Sure,” I responded while quietly feeling a little intimidated. What new and effective strategies could I possibly share with parents and teachers who were already experts about the differently-abled children in their lives? My […]
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Serendipity brought me to Mable Sinnett Fox, the Outreach Director for Brightmont Academy’s Northville Campus. We both attended a local resource fair for “different learners” and happened to sit next to each other. In the initial exchange of “getting to know you” questions and answers it quickly became clear to me that she and Brightmont […]
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This is a tremendous step for the differently-abled!
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Please welcome Lateefah Wielenga, PhD! Dr. Wielenga, founder of The Counseling Kitchen, is a life, couples and business coach based in Long Beach, California. Today, she writes about maintaining a strong “couplehood” in the face of family challenges. Thank you, Dr. Wielenga! Right now you may be experiencing one of the most difficult […]
Read moreI’m finding more and more of a disturbing trend lately… where Autism blogs, by parents, are deeming themselves news media
Read more“As soon as I hear about this shooting, I knew who it was. I knew it was a young, white
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