Developing assertiveness means learning to trust in self. It means to rely on our feelings and to believe in the rightness of our choices. This stands for being confident and without any fear to express ourselves. We cannot think that our task as parents is to replace any of our children’s aspects of their beings… Read More Hugs and Kisses – Do NOT Force Your Child to Give or Take Them
Intelligence is one of the most sought-after features, but which no one has yet been able to define comprehensively. Definitions and attempts to measure it vary drastically, but not all criteria are accepted. Such a complicated concept as intelligence cannot be grasped with one explanation without neglecting some aspects. For years, we have been used… Read More This Feels Good!
There are still lots of countries, societies where having a disability or having someone disabled in the family is seen as a huge disgrace and cause of enormous embarrassment. For that reason often parents pretend to not notice anything strange in their kids’ functioning, ignoring the very first signs of neurodiversity, looking the other way.… Read More Detecting First Autism Signs – Age, Features, Variations
Forget about it! We have to wait. Not a good time. Hold your horses! Forget about it! Better not! Not gonna happen! Oh, come on! What they will tell about me!? I’m not sure we should risk. How many times you hesitated because it’s ‘better not’? Have you ever resigned to take part in some… Read More 6 Things Parents of Children with Autism Are Anxious About (and they shouldn’t)
Nutritious, balanced diet can make a world of difference for kids on the spectrum in their ability to learn, how they process information and how they manage emotions. Especially when there is an allergy, a food intolerance disturbing your body and mind. Lack of key minerals or vitamin deficiencies can lead to a different kind of… Read More How I reduced bad behaviour choices with balanced diet
As I have to prepare my family and myself for summer holidays again I need to find a great number of small, portable and not really problematic (like in airports) fresh new reinforcers ready to be used if needed. I know that a lot of parents struggle with it as kids try to keep in… Read More Pocket size reinforcers – Part II