Social Skills at Stew’s
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One of the hallmarks of people with developmental delays and those on the spectrum is a deficit when it comes to social skills. What you and I may take for granted does not come very easily to these folks. The …
Posted in Family, Out of Sync, Special Needs, Uncategorized
Tagged autism, autism spectrum disorder, groceries, shopping, social needs, social skills, stew leonards
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I Saw The Sign
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Sometimes, when your kid hits a phase, it comes with no warning at all. I mean, you imagine that boys will be into cars at some point, just like girls are into princesses (don’t get all down on me for …
Posted in Family, Out of Sync, Parenting, We Bring the Quirk!
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And then what???
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Lately, that’s been IT Boy’s favorite phrase. If you tell him to get up and get dressed, he comes back with “And then what?” If you tell him we’re going somewhere, it’s all “AND THEN WHAT?” He’ll keep asking it …
Posted in Disney, Family, Out of Sync, Parenting
Tagged cpse, CSE, Disney Social Media Moms, IEP
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The On Switch has been thrown
For those fans of IT Boy, an update. I really haven’t talked about him much lately (well, I haven’t talked about much of ANYTHING lately) but that isn’t because things are going badly. On the contrary, things are going great. …
Posted in Family, Hyptonia, Out of Sync, Parenting
Tagged social skills, special education, special needs
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Skateaway
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I’ve spent much of the winter debating activities for the IT Boy. No, he’s not underscheduled. He lives a pretty full life of services with the occasional playdate sprinkled in. No, my thinking was more in the way of a …
Posted in Family, Free time!, Out of Sync
Tagged skating, swimming, working with difficult children who love to say NO
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State of My State
Things around here seem to have stabilized into what I can best describe as “the new normal.” My grandmother is safely ensconced in a nursing home. The place is good, and she’s doing as well as can be expected, although …
Posted in Family, Free time!, Hyptonia, Out of Sync, Parenting, Taking Care of ME, Travel, You gotta have friends
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State of the Boy, First Edition of 2009
I haven’t written much about the Boy, because in a macro sense at least, things are business as usual. He’s still in his pre-school in the morning and entertaining his motley crew of home service providers in the afternoon. He’s …
Posted in Family, Hyptonia, Out of Sync, Sensory Processing Disorder
Tagged cpse, early intervention, hyptotonia, special needs kids
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Anything but Routine
The other day, I was filling out a “sensory profile” on the boy for his OT. I was reading the questions out to Mr. IT in some effort to include him in the process. I’m still not sure why I …
Posted in Out of Sync, Sensory Processing Disorder
Tagged out of sync child, Sensory Processing Disorder
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