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Working with Hearing Sensitivity March 8, 2012 10:45 AM by Kathie Harrington: Dear Kathie: "Chad is 5 years old and ‘very' autistic and non-verbal. He covers his ears with his hands when there is a loud noise, such as a fire alarm, or even when he anticipates a loud noise, like a balloon that he thinks may pop. How can I help him, 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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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 2 September 29, 2011 10:12 AM by Kathie Harrington: Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz Why, if I had a brain I could... [singing] I could while away the hours, Conferrin' with the flowers, Consultin' with the rain. And my head I'd be scratchin' While my thoughts were busy hatchin' If I only had a brain. In 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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Big Questions July 14, 2011 11:00 AM by Kathie Harrington: Questions from parents of children with ASD are a part of a speech pathologist's professional life. The top two questions that parents have always asked me are: "When will my child speak," and "When will he/she be potty trained?" Those are big questions Read More...
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The Star Wars Connection to ASD: Episode II June 16, 2011 8:30 AM by Kathie Harrington: This is "The Star Wars Connection to ASD: Episode II ," a continuation of last week's blog using quotes from Star Wars fame and connecting them to ASD. I see these quotes through the eyes of an SLP who has worked with hundreds of children and adults with Read More...
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