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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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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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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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