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What Do I Tell the Other Parents?

submitted by kidspeak

As a community we spend a lot of time trying to educate our teachers, therapists, family members, family friends and more, but there is one group that often gets forgotten (most likely because it is the most difficult)…...the children and parents in your child’s classroom.


Autism Surge Challenges Schools

Schools are reeling. With the number of children diagnosed with autism skyrocketing, schools have been slow to react appropriately. In many instances teachers and staff are inadequately trained to meet the needs of children in need of education.

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Tue, 06/09/2009 - 07:14

Autism Breakthrough from a parent view

It may almost sound to good to be true to some people. However after years of research and the development of an online, holistic, brain stimulating program, children are overcoming many characteristics and learning difficulties of someone who has autism. New research proves the theory this program is built from. By brain stimulation in a real world environment, rewiring of the brain can correct learning deficits. Creating new neuron pathways prior towards the completion of the pruning process can help a child to overcome learning difficulties.

Autism Breakthrough

It may almost sound to good to be true to some people. However after years of research and the development of an online, holistic, brain stimulating program, children are overcoming many characteristics and learning difficulties of someone who has autism. New research proves the theory this program is built from. By brain stimulation in a real world environment, rewiring of the brain can correct learning deficits. Creating new neuron pathways prior towards the completion of the pruning process can help a child to overcome learning difficulties.

Autism Breakthrough from a parents point of view

View a parent/teacher talking about a holistic program that she used with her son who has autism and has made incredible gains towards overcoming learning deficits and was able to take him off of his medication due to using the 21st century, online, holistic, stimulating, educational program.

Supreme Court Battle

Jeff and Julie Perkins, parents to Luke Perkins are asking for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case against the Thompson School District. Their case revolves around the districts refusal to pay for Luke to attend a special school in Boston. The Perkins and their legal team argue that this falls under the 1982 Supreme Court case of Board of Education v. Rowley where "free and appropriate public education" was defined.

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Tue, 02/03/2009 - 09:40

Teacher Wants Job Back

Wendy Portillo, whom you may remember was suspended one year without pay for having her kindergarten students vote out a classmate for his bad behavior is looking for forgiveness for her lapse of judgement.

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Mon, 02/02/2009 - 19:37

School Observations

submitted by CristinaBusu

Here we are a few weeks into the school year. Some parents may want to request for in home providers to go into school and observer the child. Requesting a classroom observation can be difficult and I often get a lot of questions from parents on how to approach the teachers. Here are a few tips on how to keep things child focused and accomplish a lot in a short time.
First of all, it is important for the teachers to be on board and feel comfortable with another person in the classroom.


File Folder Games for Students with Autism

How to select, use, and make file folder games (a hands-on learning strategy) for students with Autism. Presented by Nicole Caldwell, M.Ed. of http://www.PositivelyAutism.com

The Starfish

submitted by angie

While I'm at my parent's house this weekend, I am cleaning out some files that I brought along.... including birthday party ideas, natural cleaning product recipes, Christmas, "dream house" (we won't be using that file anytime soon!) and the largest file of all- Autism. I have every single piece of paper from every single developmental pediatrician appointment, ARD meeting, therapist evaluation & notes, school notes that Sam has ever received... plus I have bulging files on contact information, biomedical interventions, therapies to try, education, stories of hope, etc...


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