What is one way your child shows love toward you? Sometimes this can be hard bc what you once imagined it looking like, may not necessarily look that way, but seeing the ways they do love is so so important💘

We love a good activity that can kill some time!! I like to view activities as a process over product and tomorrow in the parent power in 5 min I’m going to talk about how we stretch activities to maximize attention, and communication!! If you can’t access it yet, make sure you’re posting, asking questions and commenting! You get reinforced with points to unlock levels with how much you engage:)

I understand that behaviors are truly what a family navigates and struggles with the most when raising young children and especially autistic kids that have a harder time engaging with the social communicating world! I hear parents all the time say, my kiddo is hitting, kicking flopping, running away from me, laughing about it. It’s really hard to keep our cool! I’m curious what behaviors are you seeing in your kiddo, let’s get down to some reasons why and strategies to try!

I have my son’s IEP tomorrow and I wasn’t happy with the goals so I asked them to rewrite them. You need to know that you are the most important advocate when it comes to your child’s IFSP or IEP. The IFSP is given when your child qualifies for early intervention, it stands for the Individualized Family Service Plan, it supports your goals as a family and is typically more inclusive of your family goals and how you want to go about them. The IEP stands for individualized Education Plan and it supports your child’s access to the general education environment. The IEP Process is less family friendly and more about what they see and experience at school, which for some can be a lot of masking and emotional shutdown at home. How familiar are you with the IFSP or IEP process? What has been your experience? What questions do you have?

If you’re new here, there is a folder in the classroom tab labeled parent power in 5 min! Go there and get QUICK tips that will help you! I just added daily play plans you can find it here! https://www.skool.com/learn-love-connect-autism-hub-9334/classroom/803e37bf?md=76b4cfea4afa4bb4a5b44d04b6b9efd7 Talk to me do you use visuals with your child? Do you want to learn? What helps them most?