What’s inside this article: Eight important tips to help prepare your family home for winter to ensure a safe, comfortable, and sensory-friendly environment for your family this coming season. Winter is coming. Soon, it’ll be time to dig out cozy knits and look forward to the holiday season. While there are many reasons to be …
What’s inside this article: Practical tips and strategies to help your child adjust to new teachers or a new school. These strategies help reduce anxiety in autistic children who struggle with change and transitions. My son started at a new school this year. It’s the first time we’ve made this kind of transition in many …
What’s inside this article: An in-depth look at how the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system work, what occurs when the stress response is activated, and how it impacts your child’s ability to regulate emotions and their cognition. Plus, key advice for parents on how to respond to their child’s behavior most effectively to support emotional …
What’s inside this article: Tips and advice, from first-hand experience, for reducing stress this holiday season for you and your children. These tips were created with children in mind who struggle with sensory processing, social interactions, and unpredictability. The holiday season can be particularly challenging for parents of children with autism or ADHD. Large family …
What’s inside this article: A look at what factors most significantly impact a child’s emotional health, one aspect of mental health, and what you can do as a parent to set them up for a lifetime of emotional wellbeing. Emotional health is one aspect of mental health – emotionally healthy people have good coping abilities …
What’s inside this article: A review of current research on the effects of growing up in a chaotic household, along with actionable suggestions to help you reduce chaos, and add structure and consistency to your home. Children are so loud, messy, and sometimes nuts. You’d think they thrive on the chaos. But, the opposite is true. Children need …
What’s inside this article: Eight verbal de-escalation techniques, based on The Crisis Prevention Institutes training, to help you effectively manage challenging behavior and meltdowns in children without the use of physical force or restraint. Parents, educators, and caregivers of children with special needs or complex behavior challenges know that sometimes when kids are overwhelmed, anxious, …
What’s inside this article: The benefits of maintaining a summer schedule for your child during the school break, along with tips (and a free printable) to help you create an easy-to-follow, fun summer routine. Summer break is often a time to unwind, spend more time outside, and have more quality time with the family. Bedtimes …
What’s inside this article: A look at what experts currently recommend for screen time limits for kids, signs your child needs a digital detox, how electronics affect social-emotional skills and behavior, and tips for breaking bad screen time habits. As technology is rapidly evolving, avoiding screen time is virtually impossible. Almost everything in our society …
What’s inside this article: Positive parenting advice for moms feeling guilty after yelling or over reacting during a difficult parenting moment. Tips to make restitution and positive strategies to try next time. So, you’re feeling guilty right now because, well basically, because you lost your S#!T and yelled at your child. It happens to everyone …