The book by America X Gonzalez, Lois Jean Brady and Jim Elliot, Speech in Action: Interactive Activities Combining Speech Language Pathology and Adaptive Physical Education gives parents and support staff plenty of activities which compliment nicely with Floortime fundamentals to bring together language and movement. What is Speech in Action? Speech in Action is a combination of speech therapy and […]
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The Canadian Self-Regulation Initiative is a project based on the research of Dr. Stuart Shanker of York University. Its goal is to coordinate and share the best self-regulation programs and practices from across Canada. This project is the second part of a project that began with a study on the effectiveness of a DIR/Floortime approach to early intervention for children […]
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A few weeks ago I came across a great web site www.ChallengeTheMyths.com. It was a site that debunks the negative stereo types that our ASD children face including: Children with autism can’t share affection. Repetitious behaviour (stims) are bad and should be stopped. Children with autism should be pushed to socialize as early as possible. ABA is the only evidence-based treatment for […]
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