by Abigail Rivera | Aug 16, 2022 | Basic Skills, Life Skills |
Getting a job is only the tip of the iceberg to adulting. Luckily I haven’t dived into the depths of adulting to the point that I have to buy insurance and make payments. Though I still have the basic adult duties that mostly involve socializing. As many of you...
by Abigail Rivera | Jul 19, 2022 | Life Skills |
Of course, the desire is that they will one day be able to live their own life by themselves with minimal assistance. That expectation can seem like a big stretch or nearly impossible to accomplish especially when you’re on the spectrum. So as a young adult, I often...
by Stephanie Kennedy, M.Ed | Jun 24, 2022 | Academics, Cooking, Language Arts, Life Skills, Seasonal, Summer, Work Tasks |
The temperatures in Virginia have finally gotten into the 90s this week, and with two little kiddos that sometimes means days are spent inside out of the scorching sun. This can be challenging when all our little ones want to do is eat snow cones and bask in their...
by Abigail Rivera | Jun 21, 2022 | Life Skills, Sensory |
Sight is the last sense I will go over in the series “my sensory life.” They say eyes are the window to the soul but I think your eyes are your window to the world. So how much of your world is shaped into a different reality when sensory issues come into play with...
by Reagan Strange, MSEd | Jun 16, 2022 | Basic Skills, Life Skills |
Surprise! Another blog post about Ollie! But don’t tell him, we don’t need the fame and glory getting to his head. Since debuting my therapy dog experiences, I’ve received many questions on how we got to the point of Ollie being a successful, working boy. I’m going to...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Jun 8, 2022 | Academics, Basic Skills, Language Arts, Life Skills, Math, Science/Social Studies, Work Tasks |
Many families, and even teachers, worry that their children and learners will lose skills over the summer. Whether there is time embedded throughout the day for homework or structured activities throughout the summer weeks, there are many activities that can be...
