I was probably born organizing my diapers. By nature, I am an organized person and LOVE organization. So keeping a daily schedule with Bubs has not been a hard thing because I already crave that. I realize that some people take the "whatever" approach on time. But I was reminded of the importance of a schedule for sensory kids ...
Sensory Processing Disorder
Appropriate Ways and Inappropriate Ways
Anger and frustration get Bubs in a lot of trouble. A wise mom suggested that I give him acceptable outlets instead of just telling him "no" or "stop." I needed to train him to know how to handle his hard situations. He was unable to properly handle the emotions and needed training to learn acceptable ...
Simply ABC
Yesterday I suggested calendar-charting your child's days - the good, bad, and ugly. Here is another idea that I found about charting. In a forum for parents with special need kids, a mom wrote that she uses ABC's to help figure out how to avoid her son's behavior issues the next time. As an educator myself, I was familiar with this concept ...
Oh, Mister Moon
When I was a child we would sing the song "Oh, Mister Moon" while driving home at night. As a child I never dreamed that later in life the moon would affect my life so much. In September 2008 I started charting Bubs days. On my calendar you would see three marks: X, 1/2, and cry. "X" were for the days that were an emotional wreck. "1/2" for days ...
Children with Sensory Processing Disorder
While surfing for some info, I came upon the official website of the book The Out-of-Sync Child. While reading the "Introduction" page, I found some great thoughts that I want to share with you. They sum up Sensory Processing Disorder so well. Sensory processing—the ability to organize sensory information for use in daily life. [While studying ...
What’s in a Name?: Our Out-of-Sync Life
Although I don't understand 95% of Shakespeare, I do remember a few lines from his famous plays. Here is a line said by Juliet in the play Romeo and Juliet: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet." While I see both sides of this concept, I believe that it is very important when naming ...
Review: Kids’ Train Ket Set 2 & 3
In February I introduced you to Kids' Express Train KET sets. KET stands for Kid's Express Train. These sets of CD's help children with speech and language. Today, I am going to specifically cover KET Sets 2 and 3. Each set contains two music CDs of at least 24 songs, a 12 page manual, and CD-Rom that contains 100's of pictures in color and black ...
Lessons in Encouragement
Read the updated version here - https://parentingtoimpress.com/2017/09/encouraging-your-child.html ...
Review: In Harmony
In mid-December, I introduced you to the wonderful DVD, Kibbles Rockin' Clubhouse Vol. 1 Expressing Yourself. This still is a favorite of our children and I often find myself singing the songs. I love hearing Little Man use "feelings" words to let me know what he is feeling at the moment. In Harmony Integrated Learning ...
Review: Kids’ Express Train KET Set 1
This is the final set of reviews of products suggested in the The Autism Sisterhood: A (brief) Manual. This month I will be featuring the four KET Set's available from Kids' Express Train. KET stands for Kid's Express Train. Each set contains two music CDs of at least 24 songs, a 12 page manual, and CD-Rom that contains ...