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The Appreciation Station
In my article on January 26th of this year I talked about the use of positive reinforcement in the use of Applied Behavioral Analysis. I specifically talked about an Exceptional Parent magazine article which highlighted something called the Appreciation Station. I told you I was going to get one and try it out with Katherine …
The Sunday Paper for February 17, 2008
…and a cup of coffee Every Sunday I hope to offer you my version of the Sunday paper with articles from the past week or two, relevant or uplifitng (or both), on various issues within the special needs community. Police learn about autism to help prevent tragedy Education of police officers and first responders with …
The Sunday Paper for February 10, 2008…
…and a cup of coffee Every Sunday I hope to offer you my version of the Sunday paper with articles from the past week or two, relevant or uplifitng (or both), on various issues within the special needs community. Harry Potter to help some special needs muggles to achieve their dream An autographed book by …
The Incredible Trainable Dog
Growing up I was fascinated by Helen Keller. I read EVERYTHING I could get my hands on about her. I wanted to know all I could about her. I wanted to understand what it was to be blind. I wanted to understand what it was to be deaf. I read all I could about being …
The Power of Positive
The other day I showed you the chart we have with Katherine (the smiley face one) that charts certain tasks. We have used charts like that on and off for quite some time with Katherine. We learned about them when Katherine was getting ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) therapy. Over simplified ABA therapy behavior modification technique …
Tricky Terminology and Abbreviations
Some of you are pretty new to being involved in the crazy maze of special needs parenting. When I first had my daughter Katherine and needed to understand medical terminology, I had a small hand up because I was an Emergency Medical Technician. This meant that I had some basic understanding of medical terminology, anatomy …
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