social skills

Sensory Play Group Summer Camp

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What we did for occupational therapy time and why… “But it’s summer. I don’t want to work on handwriting…” If you have heard this before, it’s okay because there are lots of things that we did this past week in our Sensory Play Group Summer Camp to build the skills that are needed for h...

Characteristics of Children with ADHD

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Children who have ADHD may experience difficulty concentrating and be impulsive or unable to sit still and pay attention. For children with ADHD the symptoms can  be distressing. ADHD symptoms often impact children’s performance at school, cause tension in families, and make it difficult for the...

It May Be Possible To Detect Autism in Infants

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You probably already know that early treatment can help mitigate the more severe symptoms of autism. While diagnostic tools are far more sophisticated now than even a decade ago, clinicians today can only begin to assess and diagnose autism in children around the age of two. As a result, research...

Bullying and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder

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A study based on information collected from 920 parents suggest an estimated 46.3% of adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) were victims of bullying, substantially higher than the national prevalence estimates of 10.6% for the general adolescent population. The rates of perpetration of ...

Social Skills | Teens with Autism

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Here is a wonderful article on social skills and why they are important. The article is focused more on children/teens with Autism, however there is good information for any child that is having difficulty in social situations. There are also a few tips on activities to do at home that reinfor...