I’m not talking about the kind of change you keep in your pocket. I’m talking about alteration of plans, adjustment to new directions and dealing with unexpected shifts in routines. I’m talking about when things just don’t go the way you want them to go. Some of us thrive on change and are [...]
I have been thinking a lot lately about what makes a toy or a book or an app or a game a good pick for therapy. It needs to be something interesting enough to capture the child’s interest and imagination, but not so exciting that it is more fun to play alone than with [...]
As in most social groups, flexibility is the challenge. In one of our recent groups, we decided to use some Rory’s Story Cubes – dice with adorable illustrations on them, to create a “teamwork story” that required a lot of flexibility, and also allowed us to work on narrative language skills which is always [...]
Our little Mike in the Social Adventures group is a young 5 and wears an angry expression on his face. He has such difficulty transitioning into the group, between activities, even within conversations, that he just can’t relax and enjoy himself. Other kids in the group share some of this rigidity and transition difficulties, [...]
Last week I wrote about an activity to help kids understand that it is not affable to purposely annoy or bother our friends. We may think it’s fun but they do not. This week Meghan and I tried to concretize the concept by using actual buttons.We asked the kids in the 2nd grade [...]
Silliness (and how much is too much) is one of the most difficult concepts that we tackle in our groups. So often, silliness is initially an adaptive means of initiating an interaction. But repeating the same silly behavior over and over (and over and over) again, is not so adaptive. This week, we were [...]
If you work with children, have children, live next door to children, see children in the grocery store, eat in restaurants next to children (OK, you get the point), you know exactly what I mean by “pushing buttons.” I think kids are born with the innate knowledge and skill set for finding out what [...]
I am a giver and I have been one since I can remember. As an older sister, I relished teaching my young siblings everything. While in 4th grade I was asked to be a “buddy” to a girl with Down Syndrome. As Mary held my hand and smiled, I decided in that moment that [...]
Today was one of those days when one of our 4 year-old group kids was really having a very bad day. Well, to be truthful, he has been having a lot of bad days lately and the strategy he has decided to employ is to just say, “No” to EVERYTHING. Although none of his [...]
I have a confession to make…I am a total twitter convert. I originally thought twitter was for voyeurs. Why would I want to hear famous peoples’ every thought shared with millions of “close friends” via tweets? I like catching up on gossip by reading People magazine for 5 minutes at the grocery store [...]
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