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| Association Between Sleep Disturbances And Behavior Problems In Children With Autism |
Parents of children participating in the ATN completed the Children"s Sleep Habits Questionnaire and the Child Behavior Checklist. An analysis of 1,056 children found an association between sleep problems and problematic daytime behaviors, especially emotional problems and anxiety. Children who got less sleep had more emotional problems, and children who had parasomnias, including nightmares, night terrors and sleepwalking, had more behavior problems overall.
"This study contributes to our understanding of sleep issues and helps us to plan future work addressing more specific symptoms and treatments," said Daniel Coury, MD, medical director of the ATN and professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at The Ohio State University. "A better understanding of the relationship between sleep problems and daytime behavior could lead to more effective treatments for both." Read on... |
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| Suggested Usborne Book Titles to Support Learning Disabled Children |
Just click here and type the title into the search box for details on each of the following books.
1001 Things to Spot…
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All Board Books
Alphabet Book
Big Book Series
*Castle Tales Series
Dot to Dot
East Words to Read Series (Big Pig on a Dig, Sam Sheep Can’t Sleep …)
Everyday Words
Farmyard Tales
First 100 Words & Sticker Book
First Book of Numbers
*First Experiences…singles or b/u
First learning Series
Flap Books: Who’s making that…Smell, Mess, Noise and others
Getting Ready to Write
Great Search Series
I Can….series
Make Reading Fun Phonics Series
*Mouse About the House
Opposites
Paint Fun
Paperplay
Puzzle Adventures, Young Puzzles,
*Very First Words (highly recommended by Speech Therapists)
What Shall I….series
What’s Happening Series
Workbook Series
Young Geography Series |
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| OJTA Enhances Interaction with IntenseDebate |
OJTA has added a new feature named IntenseDebate. IntenseDebate provides features meant to inspire discussion and easily follow the conversation.
In order to better organize the discussions, IntenseDebate implemented comment threading which allows users to directly reply to one another.
Users also have an identity that spans across all blogs powered by IntenseDebate. Along with this is a reputation value, based on the quantity and quality of the comments users make, meant to give an overview of a user"s commenting history. Quality is determined by the users through comment voting, which also serves to move the best comments to the top.
With all comment systems being interconnected, IntenseDebate makes it easy to track users and their activities across all blogs using a system by providing email and rss notifications.
In short, IntenseDebate has completely transformed the commenting experience.
IntenseDebate. Comments Rediscovered.
Get involved. Post your comments. Share your views. Ask questions. |
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| Expert Sue Adams Reports.....Using Therapeutic Horseback Riding for Speech with Children and Autism |
by Sue Adams, Ex. Dir. Atlantic Riding Center for Health
When reviewing medical information, we always look to see if the child is verbal or not. If it says non, then the first question to the parents is, "Does your child make noises?" If the answer is yes, we will ask the child to make a "sound" to indicate a command to the horse. An example is: Once the child is on the horse in the mounting area, the command "walk on" is needed before the horse moves out of this area. If the child is non verbal but can make sounds, we ask for a "Wa" sound from the child. To assist, they may also "tap" the horse just in front of the saddle as a visual task. Both are recognized by the instructor as a response from the riders. Eventually, the "wa" will turn into "wa-ka" and then "wa-ka on" and after time will turn into "walk on". The second word asked for is usually "whoa" as it is an easy sound with very effective physical results from the horse. The riders learn quickly the power of "walk on" and "whoa". And if they are standing still and want to move, the tap and ‘Wa ka’ become |
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| Treatment Plan For Children With Autism Often Includes Complementary Therapies |
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is becoming a popular treatment for a variety of conditions, with national data showing it is used by about 12 percent of children.
New research shows that about 21 percent of youths enrolled in a large registry of children on the autism spectrum use CAM as part of their overall treatment plan.
Results of the study, and three others conducted by the Autism Speaks" Autism Treatment Network (ATN), were presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
An estimated one in 110 U.S. children has autism, a group of complex developmental brain disorders that affect behavior, social skills and communication.
In this study, researchers sought to determine how often children enrolled in the ATN used CAM treatments and identify factors associated with CAM use. The ATN, which includes 14 treatment and research centers in the United States and Canada, enrolls patients ages 2-18 years with a diagnosis of autism, Asperger"s syndrome or pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). Read on... |
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| Growing up with autism: Brothers and sisters of children with autism learn early to cope with differences |
During a recent first-grade class session at the McDonogh School in Baltimore, 7-year-old Aidan Wade gave an impromptu discussion on what it"s like to have a sibling with autism.
"My brother Conor is 11, but his brain thinks he"s 5," said the Baltimore boy. "He acts kind of different, but that"s OK."
Aidan"s words reflect a broad spectrum of attitudes that one might find in siblings of children with autism, a complex set of developmental brain disorders. How a sibling reacts is often dependent upon the severity of the autism, where the child with autism falls in the birth order and how parents model behavior they expect from each of their children.
Siblings of children with autism can face difficulties forming healthy sibling bonds, some studies suggest. Researchers from the University of Washington found in 2007, for example, that some young siblings they studied used fewer words and social smiles than those without autism in the family. The study found that parents reported some "social impairments" in siblings as young as 13 months.
Siblings can face the prospect of tantrums and unexpected behavior from brothers and sisters with autism. They might have to compete for attention. But they can also learn empathy early, experts |
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| Social Stories Therapy for Children with Autism |
Social stories are used to teach social skills to children with autism. A social story is a simple description of an everyday social situation, written from a child"s perspective. Social stories can be used in different situations. For example, social stories can help a child prepare for upcoming changes in routine, or learn appropriate social interactions for situations that they encounter. The idea is that the child rehearses the story ahead of time, with an adult. Then, when the situation actually happens, the child can use the story to help guide his or her behavior.
Each social story uses several different types of sentences:
* Descriptive sentences (De) give who, what, where, and why details about the situation so the child can recognize when that situation actually occurs.
* Directive sentences (Di) tell the child the appropriate social responses in that situation.
* Perspective sentences (P) describe one of the child"s possible feelings or responses.
* Affirmative sentences (A) often refer to a law or a rule or are a commonly shared opinion.
* Cooperative sentences (Co) describe how other people will help out in a given situation.
* Control sentences (Cn) are created by the child, to help remember strategies that work for him or her.
Read on...
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| Happy Mother"s Day To All Mothers Reaching That "Unreachable" Star |
OJTA honors autism mothers around the world with a standing ovation. We all dream what seems to be an impossible dream. We all fight what seems to be an unbeatable foe. We bear an unbearable sorrow. We go where the brave do not go. We exist to right the unrightable wrong with no question, no pause. Daily we are willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause. Hourly, we try when our arms are too weary to reach that "unreachable" star. For this is OUR quest...to follow that star and the world WILL be better for this.
This Mother"s Day, may your hearts be peaceful and calm.
From our family to yours...a little inspirational gift. This is my son, AJ, singing Impossible Dream last summer at age 15. My Eamon on the journey asks us to play this song over and over...Be inspired..this is a tribute to Autism Mothers.
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| Meet Our Newest Expert, Joanna Keating-Velasco, Multiple Book Author |
by Joanna Keating-Velasco
What a thrill to be invited to contribute to Our Journey Thru Autism! I join OJTA with the perspective of ten years as a paraprofessional working with students ages 8 through 22. My third year I was assigned to an Special Day Class for students with severe autism at an elementary school. During my first day, it was clear that I was clueless regarding autism. I soon “devoured” stacks of books on the subject. The more I read, the more passionate I became about understanding these students. I viewed them through lenses of love.
Our curriculum included facilitating social interaction on the playground. Many typical kids wanted to play and they were inquisitive. Strict rules about student confidentiality made answering questions challenging. These conversations might have helped the students interact and, perhaps, create some unique friendships. However, my students were effectively non-verbal and could not speak for themselves.
Several years later, I wondered what if I could |
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