Frankie was a 2 year old boy who came to his evaluation session with his mother and the developmental psychologist working on his case....

With kids on the spectrum, it is so important that we know how to get them into a regulated state, because if they’re not in a regulated...

In our efforts to support them, sometimes we over-prompt clients with autism spectrum disorder. Here’s how we get them to practice...

When I meet a parent of a child on the spectrum, or I’m training a therapist working with a child on the spectrum, one of my first...

When we work tirelessly in sessions and we don’t see carryover (leading us to believe that parents aren’t practicing these skills at...

One of the most common complaints I hear from therapists is, I don’t feel like we’re getting anywhere in therapy. It’s so frustrating! We...

I don’t have kids…so who am I to be telling these parents how to raise their kids? When I was first starting out as a 22-year-old...

On October 31st, what are the chances of this happening...? Parent: It’s time to go trick-or-treating! Let’s put on your costume! Child:...

When the bones are good, the rest don’t matter Yeah the paint could peel, the glass could shatter Let it rain ’cause you and I remain the...

Do any of these situations sound familiar? Situation 1 Child is working on putting a puzzle piece in a puzzle. Adult: What animal is...

All kids on the spectrum have what I call, for lack of a better term, a breaking point. A child’s breaking point is the point when we’ve...

Does this sound like something that would happen in a therapy session? Child: Can we play with this toy today? Therapist: First we’re...

"But how do I track my data? "... is the most common question I get from speech-language pathologists (SLPs) after teaching them to shift...

Let me introduce you to what I call the “Sensory Processing Seesaw”. Think of a child’s sensory processing as a seesaw. When something...

Think about when you were learning to ride a bike. Are you picturing it? You’re in the park, you’ve graduated from your training wheels...

You know that fight you get into every week with your husband? The one that goes something like this: You: You didn’t wash the dishes....

Counting down is one of the most commonly used strategies for transitioning children from one activity to another. At school, children...

Floortime can be a life-changing approach for kids with autism and their families. Through Floortime, we encourage and support the child,...

Let’s talk about sensory processing. I know what you’re thinking, we’re not occupational therapists (OTs). That’s right, we are not OTs!...

In a study at University of California, San Diego, 1,269 children between 12 and 36 months were screened for autism by trained...