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16 Life-Saver Posts for Parents of Kids with ASD Who Are Heading Back to School

FYI to Parents: Getting ready for the new school year should start earlier when you have a ... But this year, you can make the back-to-school process easier...

With the start of school, boys and girls begin to spend much of their day in the classroom, a place where pressures and relationships with other children can be...

Preparing kids with Aspergers (High-Functioning Autism) for the new school year requires a little more than making sure uniforms fit and backpacks are filled...

Parents of kids with Asperger's (AS) and High-Functioning Autism (HFA) have...

It's tempting to put off back-to-school preparations until the first day is just a week or so away. The resulting last-minute flurry of phone calls, errands, and...

With a new school year around the corner, it's time for new notebooks, new outfits , and new adventures to come. A fresh start! What could be...

Has your Aspergers child given you some indication that he is nervous about starting back to school? He may have even said, “I'm not going!!!”...

Usually, the school year is stressful- not only for the kids with Aspergers, but their...

Other kids can express the signs at school by episodes of extreme anxiety or .... So of course he went back to school and when he didn't have his homework...

If your youngster feels overly stressed and overwhelmed, look for ways to cut back on school work and extra activities...

Request an FBA—If the school is sending home complaints about your youngster's behavior -- and expecting you to do something about it -- put the ball back in...

Many moms and dads may also wonder when it is safe for their youngster to go back to school after recovering from their illness. The answer to...

Question: My son is 13 years old and was diagnosed with...

Effective Academic Accommodations for Students with Asperger's and ... inflexibility; obsessive and narrowly defined interests; poor organizational skills...

When you have a child with Aspergers (high-functioning autism), IEP negotiations are extremely important. As the parent, you hold a vital position on the IEP...

I am attaching several documents I would like the ARD Committee to complete and to include as part of [name of Aspergers student] IEP. The first document...

My child has been rejected by his peers, ridiculed and bullied !!!

Social rejection has devastating effects in many areas of functioning. Because the ASD child tends to internalize how others treat him, rejection damages self-esteem and often causes anxiety and depression. As the child feels worse about himself and becomes more anxious and depressed – he performs worse, socially and intellectually.

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How to Prevent Meltdowns in Children on the Spectrum

Meltdowns are not a pretty sight. They are somewhat like overblown temper tantrums, but unlike tantrums, meltdowns can last anywhere from ten minutes to over an hour. When it starts, the Asperger's or HFA child is totally out-of-control. When it ends, both you and your child are totally exhausted. But... don’t breathe a sigh of relief yet. At the least provocation, for the remainder of that day -- and sometimes into the next - the meltdown can return in full force.

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Parenting Defiant Teens on the Spectrum

Although Aspergers [high-functioning autism] is at the milder end of the autism spectrum, the challenges parents face when disciplining a teenager on the spectrum are more difficult than they would be with an average teen. Complicated by defiant behavior, the teen is at risk for even greater difficulties on multiple levels – unless the parents’ disciplinary techniques are tailored to their child's special needs.

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Older Teens and Young Adult Children with ASD Still Living At Home

Your older teenager or young “adult child” isn’t sure what to do, and he is asking you for money every few days. How do you cut the purse strings and teach him to be independent? Parents of teens with ASD face many problems that other parents do not. Time is running out for teaching their adolescent how to become an independent adult. As one mother put it, "There's so little time, yet so much left to do."

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Parenting Children and Teens with High-Functioning Autism

Two traits often found in kids with High-Functioning Autism are “mind-blindness” (i.e., the inability to predict the beliefs and intentions of others) and “alexithymia” (i.e., the inability to identify and interpret emotional signals in others). These two traits reduce the youngster’s ability to empathize with peers. As a result, he or she may be perceived by adults and other children as selfish, insensitive and uncaring.

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Highly Effective Research-Based Parenting Strategies for Children with Asperger's and HFA

Become an expert in helping your child cope with his or her “out-of-control” emotions, inability to make and keep friends, stress, anger, thinking errors, and resistance to change.

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