Autismteachingstrategies.com

Having some time home with Joe, my kindergartener, I realized he is a huge tattletale and says so many insignificant things. Maybe I'm a picky mother, but I feel so sorry for his teacher and aide having to listen to this ALL day! Luckily, there is a website with a visual card and lesson plan for this EXACT thing (not to mention many others!). Check it out and you may find a helpful lesson for a kiddo with some social issues.http://autismteachingstrategies.com/autism-strategies/correcting-others-and-tattling-too-much-social-skills-activities-to-teach-kids-with-autism-who-have-these-problems-2/

Parenting more important than schools to academic achievement, study finds

Parenting more important than schools to academic achievement, study finds

Assistive technology evaluation app

There's an app for just about anything!
http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/sp_4/archive/2012/08/29/aac-evaluation-there-s-an-ipad-app-for-that.aspx

Looking for the perfect timer app?

http://iphone.appstorm.net/roundups/productivity-roundups/5-great-apps-for-working-the-pomodoro-technique/

Parent resource for general math curriculum expectations

http://www.allentownsd.org/Page/3373 This is Pennsylvamia standards but gives parents a general guideline for math expectations in easy-to-read format.

Resource for teachers on high functioning autism

Good for review prior to the beginning of the school year: http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/Articles/Tips-for-Teaching-High-Functioning-People-with-Aut.aspx

Link for families of children with autism

https://www.ianresearch.org/login Parents can create an account and participate in various studies to help researchers determine the effectiveness of various programs used to treat autism.

Helping the Socially Isolated Child Make Friends

http://www.ldonline.org/article/19272- written by Rick Lavoie, a genius (in my opinion), in offering suggestions for educators and parents with children struggling with social issues.  Please, please read!!!!

Does your child's outside therapy qualify as a tax deduction?

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203537304577030453437780894-lMyQjAxMTAyMDAwNTEwNDUyWj.html?mod=wsj_share_email

Link to discussing special needs to the class

http://blog.friendshipcircle.org/2011/11/01/talking-to-your-child%E2%80%99s-classmates-about-special-needs-5-things-you-should-know/

What are the best "speech" apps?

This website may give you some direction.  Apps, of course, vary in price and range in child development stages so choose carefully!  http://www.geekslp.com/

What is apraxia?

http://www.apraxia-kids.org/- this site may help parents who have been told their child has "Childhood Apraxia of Speech"

Best website for middle school kids!

http://www.cccoe.net/social/skillslist.htm- A must for middle school staff working with children with social needs!

Great resource for teachers and parents

http://www.speakingofspeech.com/Resource_Links.html:  Use this page to explore other web sites related to speech/language pathology, regular and special education.

Want to know more about social stories?

• Two articles explain social stories and their effectiveness.
• A fact sheet on social stories for children with autism includes information about social stories and a link to abstracts of 26 research articles on their use.
• A video of Carol Gray defines "Social Stories" and provides several examples.
• How Social Stories Work followed by a long list of social stories was written by parents of a child with autism.
• Social Stories explains the basics of writing and using social stories.
• Social Stories presents several scenarios related specifically to school.
• Social Stories offers a number of examples of social stories in several categories.
• Tania Kraus offers illustrated social stories for manners, friendship, and being at school.
• Positively Autism offers PowerPoint presentations of social skills and social stories.

Kuster, J. M. (2012, January 17). Internet: ASD Social Skill Websites. The ASHA Leader.

Great information for teachers of school-age children with aurism

• AIM—Austin Internet Modules of evidence-based practices and interventions for students with ASD. This freely available and continuously expanding resource includes pre- and post-tests, PowerPoints, videos and articles to read.
• Autism Seminar—free undergraduate class lectures to watch and download to your computer, iPad or iPhone from the Yale Child Study Center and iTunes U.
• The Role of the School Speech Language Pathologist and the Student with Autism by SLP Beverly Vicker contains a menu of options and related ideas for delivery of services to meet individual needs of children with ASD.

Kuster, J. M. (2012, January 17). Internet: ASD Social Skill Websites. The ASHA Leader.