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Your First Steps into Teaching Basic Sign Language

Bringing basic sign language into someone’s life works best when everyone’s on board. Parents, siblings, teachers, therapists – the whole crew! When everyone uses and understands a few core signs, you create an environment where communication attempts are understood and reinforced consistently.

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Making Sense of Meltdowns, Shutdowns & Overwhelm

When your child experiences those huge reactions – the ones that might look like massive tantrums, complete shutdowns, or anything in between – it’s so easy to feel lost, frustrated, or even judged. But here’s something crucial I want you to hold onto: These intense moments are very rarely about defiance or being ‘bad.’ They are almost always involuntary responses. Think of it like a system overload, a distress signal saying, “I can’t cope right now!”

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Your Formal Guide to Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) Certification

Pursuing certification as a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) is a significant undertaking. It represents a commitment to entering the field of behavior analysis, a discipline dedicated to understanding and improving behavior through scientific principles. This role carries substantial responsibility, as RBTs directly impact the lives of the individuals they serve, often vulnerable populations requiring specialized support.

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Building Skills and Connections, One Bead at a Time

This is where beads and buttons become your secret weapon. Seriously. Picking up those tiny objects, holding them just right, threading them onto a string or pushing them through a buttonhole – we’re talking about fundamental fine motor skills here. Dexterity, pincer grasp, hand-eye coordination.

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Confessions of a Tweezer Trainer: Making Fine Motor Fun

Okay, let’s switch gears and talk therapist-to-therapist, or therapist-to-parent-who-feels-like-a-therapist-sometimes, about those moments where a skill feels…

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Autism and the Transition to Adulthood

Every year, over 70,000 young people on the autism spectrum in the United States reach the…

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Loving Ways to Connect, Whether Through First Words or Beyond.

Hey there, Amazing Parents, Let’s talk heart-to-heart about communication. That deep desire to connect with your…