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Language Sample Collages from You, Pt. 2 March 29, 2012 9:00 AM by Kathie Harrington: When do you elicit a language sample? Certainly when you first see a child you would want to take a language sample. However, if the child is not comfortable on the initial assessment, there is nothing written in stone that says that it has to be completed Read More...
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What to Include in a Language Sample, Pt. I February 2, 2012 12:30 PM by Kathie Harrington: Dear Kathie : "Do you always take a language sample as part of an assessment with a verbal child or adult with ASD? If so, what do you look for and how do you elicit the conversation?" - Adrian, speech-language pathologist My Response: Thank you for asking Read More...
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The Best Apps for Children with Autism January 26, 2012 9:04 AM by Kathie Harrington: In last week's blog post, "The iPad Becomes a wePad for Autism ," I encouraged you to develop a relationship between the iPad, the child and another person, rather than letting the child with autism treat it as a "thing." Let's call that with the iPad. Read More...
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The iPad Becomes a wePad for Autism January 19, 2012 9:00 AM by Kathie Harrington: Dear Kathie: What are your thoughts on using an iPad with the autistic population?" - Mary, speech-language pathologist and parent of a child with autism Kathie's Response: I like it. I love it. I want some more of it. But, instead of calling it an iPad Read More...
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Halloween Poem in Support of ASD October 27, 2011 10:23 AM by Kathie Harrington: I love my Humpty Dumpty. He's right here by me To wish you a happy Halloween With Halloween letters In support of ASD. I always think of ASD With courage and with grace. Autism has its thunder And its mask is spooky too. But underneath's a loving face. Read More...
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Towel Trick for Tantrums aka T.T.T. October 20, 2011 10:27 AM by Kathie Harrington: It scares me to think that a child with ASD could have a tantrum on my watch. My knees -- they are a-shakin' at the thought. It will happen, and when it does, what will I do? Children with ASD have tantrums. They hit and pound. They flail. They scream. Read More...
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Organizing the Very Young Autistic Mind Part III-B October 13, 2011 8:28 AM by Kathie Harrington: Part III-A, posted last week, my blog presented some fun strategies for targeting humor/ laughter and attention/focus for the very young autistic mind. The purpose of these two blogs is to mesh the right side of the brain with the left side of the brain Read More...
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Organizing the Very Young Autistic Mind Part III-A October 6, 2011 10:53 AM by Kathie Harrington: Part I I talked about the characteristics of the right and left sides of the brain and how they do not dance together in people with autism/ASD. I gave you twenty signs that I see that indicate how Mr. Left Brain and Mrs. Right Brain dance alone. Part Read More...
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Organizing the Autistic Mind Part I: Brains, Brains, and More Brains September 22, 2011 9:32 AM by Kathie Harrington: Everybody's brains are different and certainly, the autistic brain connects in an unorthodox manner. Autism is not curable, but there are many language strategies the SLP can do to assist in organizing the brains of people with autism. It is my theory Read More...
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Questions vs. Statements September 15, 2011 9:21 AM by Kathie Harrington: Last week's blog discussed, " Should You Ask a Non-Verbal Child a Question?" Now that's a good question. My answer is: usually not. Instead, make statements! Children will respond to statements because: They are not threatened by communication They know Read More...
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Should You Ask a Non-Verbal Child a Question? September 8, 2011 8:32 AM by Kathie Harrington: Have you ever thought about how you, as an SLP, talk to people? That means all people-- but specifically, non-verbal children with autism. We have two forms of sentence structures: questions and statements. We bombard children with questions. We do not Read More...
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Learning Seeds September 1, 2011 8:31 AM by Kathie Harrington: Keeping with my previous theme of poems for special occasions for the speech/language pathologist, I wrote this one for SLPs as the 2011 school year begins. Beginnings are unique and can be scary for all children, especially those with ASD. When I think Read More...
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Top Five Necessities for Your New School Year August 25, 2011 8:11 AM by Kathie Harrington: Our young clients with ASD aren't really so difficult when it comes to lesson plans for therapy and fulfilling benchmarks and outcomes. In fact, they're very easy. Look at my list of Top Five Necessities and you'll see that the first four are "get it Read More...
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Letter Home for a Harmonious School Year August 18, 2011 8:42 AM by Kathie Harrington: Why not get the school year started off with a special, personal note from YOU to the parents of your most challenging students. Dear Parents, As speech/language pathologist (SLP) at (name of school) Elementary School, I look forward to working with (child's Read More...
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How NOT to Play a Board Game with a Child with Autism August 11, 2011 8:16 AM by Kathie Harrington: Children with autism don't usually like board games because they don't know how to take turns and they don't like rules. Board games also rely on interacting with people-now there's a threat to children with autism. However, when a board game is played Read More...
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