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I’m Nervous About My Child’s IEP Meeting: Help!

How To Do It Right IEP meetings can be nerve-wracking, whether you’re a veteran or it’s your first one.  We can offer a few guidelines that will help make the experience run a lot smoother. And even better, the more successful the IEP meeting, hopefully, the better your child will do during the school year. Grab A Fresh Copy If this is your first time, then this tip won’t matter as much, but it will be good to know for the next IEP meeting: get a fresh copy of the IEP as early as possible before the meeting.  Take a look at it and take note of a few things: Were the set goals reasonable? Did the report properly identify the correct help and support so your child could meet those goals? Was your child able to meet those goals?  Those are a few good places to start. Take notes of other concerns and bring … Keep Reading…

Baking for the Holidays

Holiday fun The holidays are perfect for spending quality time with your child.  Gift giving. Watching holiday movies and tv shows. Going on vacation. Baking with your child But if you’d like another fun way to share the holiday with your child, why don’t you include him in some holiday baking?  He can make somewhat of a mess and not get in trouble, you can take some cute pictures, and whether or not the results are good enough to serve to other people, the two of you will have some delicious treats for yourselves!  Seriously there are some great benefits to cooking with your autistic child. Safety First things first: safety.  Safety is always the number one priority when it comes to cooking.  Some things to watch out for: it’s probably best if you don’t let your child anywhere near the oven.  Same thing goes for the microwave. Unless you want to teach knife skills … Keep Reading…

Can Speech Therapists Help my Child with Reading?

Reading Difficulties Maybe you took to reading like a fish in water.  It was so easy to jump from The Cat in the Hat, to Beezus and Ramona, and then Where The Red Fern Grows.  So when your wonderful child is struggling to read, it’s worrisome for you.  And it’s not as if you haven’t tried diligently to teach her. In fact you’ve spent hours, daily, side by side, doing your best to teach her to read.  And it doesn’t seem to be working. Luckily, you’re not too proud to ask for help.  You’ll do anything to help your child make progress no matter the situation.  So what should you do?   Reading Foundation First, let’s talk about how you acquire the skill of reading.  Reading requires foundational skills. The earliest skill to be developed is listening to and understanding language.  Learning how to read literally starts from birth, when you start listening to your parents … Keep Reading…