I don’t think you would believe my week if I told you. Well, many of you have a life like mine, so you know what I am talking about. What I find interesting about living with my twins is how I, as a mom, have totally thrown myself on the back burner. Yes, I can sense many heads nodding in […]
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The Floortime Repository (floortimerepository.com) is a social network created for parents and professionals who want to share ideas for engagement, and collaborate on educational goals and strategies using the DIR Floortime model. Anyone can join, and use the resources available there. To whet your appetite, here is a home program guide written by parents for parents getting started in DIR/Floortime […]
Read moreHere is a fabulous document to help parents of newly diagnosed children, produced by Autism Speaks. It is American, but if you look at the information as a guideline it gives a great deal of information that is useful. It even looks at the different therapies to choose from. When we were diagnosed, it seemed too much information in different […]
Read moreI want all parents to hear this: you are not alone in those feelings of being scared and anxious. Even ‘veteran’ parents who have been living with a diagnosis of autism for their child or children have days when they do not have it together. Don’t kid yourself, we all go through a “pity party” from time to time, and […]
Read moreWaiting for help is hard to do, especially when it is help for one of your kids. Right after our diagnosis and as soon as we got on the wait list for Autism Outreach (DIR/Floortime) I came across Relationship Development Intervention (RDI). My husband and I were fortunate enough to spend the last year being trained in RDI. RDI and […]
Read moreIn the beginning, finding activities to do for Floortime is easy since it is the child who chooses the activity. You are then looking to keep engagement and open and close as many circles of communication. Following the child’s lead is really important especially while the child is becoming more self-regulated. When that time comes, as it has for my […]
Read moreWell, that doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as Floortime, but all the same, who wants to be indoors in the summer? Here is a list of activities I think might engage my children. My list doesn’t look much different than a list of activities for typical young children, but the difference is in the purpose. We won’t […]
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Recently, I noticed my five year old daughter was not screaming and going into meltdown frenzy when I would vacuum. In the beginning, having the vacuum out and getting ready to clean would send my daughter into an instant meltdown. For the last four years, I was only able to vacuum when my husband took her for a walk or […]
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My barely 4-year-old son has been in the Autism Outreach program since the fall. As the end of the school year approaches, I’m thinking about how things have gone for us. Our program is based on DIR/Floortime, which encourages parents to reconnect with their children and then offer challenges to help them grow. It seems too simple to think just […]
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