How Parents Can Help Special Needs Kids Make Healthy Choices
The lessons you pass on to your children will stay with them for a lifetime. If you help them make healthy choices now, they’ll have an...
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Jason Kenner
- Aug 6
- 3 min
Mastering Self-Care: Vital Elements for Parents Navigating Special Needs Parenting
Image: Pexels Raising a child with special needs is an extraordinary journey filled with unique joys and challenges. While it's...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Jun 25
- 2 min
Compassionate Care in Applied Behavior Analysis: Nurturing Growth & Empathy
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is an evidenced based therapy that has proven highly effective in supporting individuals with autism...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Apr 2
- 6 min
10 Everyday Experiences to Build Language
Repetition helps children learn language. In fact, did you know that the average child needs 12-15 exposures before learning a new word,...
Jason Kenner
- Mar 17
- 3 min
How to Support a Sports Interest for Your Special Needs Child Without Blowing Your Budget
Many kids are interested in sports. Joining a sports team is a great way for kids to get exercise and make friends, but sports are often...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Dec 9, 2022
- 3 min
5 Tips for Parents of Young Children Who Are Not Yet Talking
Seeing your child reach their developmental milestones is a rewarding and exciting time for parents. But when they are slow to develop...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Apr 27, 2022
- 4 min
5 Strategies to Support Generalization
Have you ever found yourself wondering why your child is able to exhibit a skill in one specific setting, but not the other? Or why your...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Mar 25, 2022
- 3 min
Communication Temptations: How & Why
Your child wants something, so they stand in the kitchen with you while you show them item after item, trying to figure out what it is...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Mar 14, 2021
- 3 min
Challenges for Siblings with Special Needs: Their Own Unique Needs
If you want to know how to treat a child with special needs, look at their sibling, they will show you. Siblings of special needs...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
A Guide for Using Prompts when Teaching Individuals with Special Needs
Research shows that prompts are an effective teaching tool and as such are an integral part of most interventions, regardless of therapy...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Oct 17, 2020
- 3 min
Developing a Roadmap After an Autism Diagnosis
Hearing that your child has autism can leave you feeling overwhelmed. That is why you need a roadmap to guide you and your next steps.
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