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How to Avoid " Back-to-School " Meltdowns and Tantrums 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... Asperger's Kids and Back-to-School "Separation Anxiety" 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... Helping Aspergers Children Avoid The " Back To School Jitters" 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... Back-to-School “Quick Tip Sheet” for Parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum Parents of kids with Asperger's (AS) and High-Functioning Autism (HFA) have... How to Avoid " Back-to-School " Meltdowns and Tantrums in Asperger&

Cognitive shifting is the mental process of re-directing one's focus of attention away from one fixation and toward a different focus of attention. Cognitive shifting refers to the conscious choice to take charge of one's mental habits and redirect the focus of attention in useful, more successful directions. Studies in the area of cognition have noted that children with High-Functioning Autism (HFA) have problems with updating the scope and focus of their attention. This particular attentional difference may stem from an innate inability to reorient attention rapidly. This deficit ties in with other neurological differences of HFA (e.g., sensory hypersensitivity and hyposensitivity). Together they impact directly on the core tasks of learning. For instance, the sudden appearance of a very strong odor from the cafeteria may prevent the child from concentrating on what the teacher is saying. Further on the matter of sensory issues, middle-school students with