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Corner Pieces: Communication Techniques

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Donate to Alex's Service Dog. Fundraising for Alexs Service Dog. This is one of the areas where I made some big mistakes because I didn’t have proper guidance. My son wasn’t learning to speak or saying his first words and I wanted to help him. I was given patronizing advice not to worry and not to pressure him. He was doing some babbling and I noticed that if I babbled back to him, he would stop to listen to me. In my ignorance, I decided that I shouldn’t mimic his sounds back to him. Before you can do a...

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Corner Pieces: The Autism World

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Donate to Alex's Service Dog. Fundraising for Alexs Service Dog. People with autism perceive the world very differently from the rest of us. To imagine what it must be like, try to imagine yourself in an entirely foreign culture where you don’t understand the language or the customs. You might learn to muddle along by trial and error but things keep changing abruptly and you don’t understand why sometimes something is okay and sometimes it isn’t. It would be very overwhelming and frightening. They tend t...

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Corner Pieces: Tips and Tricks

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Donate to Alex's Service Dog. Fundraising for Alexs Service Dog. There are two parts to this section. First are specific suggestions for techniques to change challenging behaviours. After that is a list of ways to save some money. If you have suggestions which don't appear here, please share via comments. Here’s a list of specific strategies for changing difficult behaviours. They aren't in any particular order so it's a good idea to scan the whole list for ideas. Incompatible and replacement behaviours:.

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Corner Pieces: Dealing with Diagnosis: Friends and Family

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Donate to Alex's Service Dog. Fundraising for Alexs Service Dog. Dealing with Diagnosis: Friends and Family. Watching someone you care about struggle isn’t easy. In our society, we’re not taught how to help people who are undergoing a crisis. We teach children how to save someone who is choking but not what to say to someone who is dealing with a death or divorce. I’ve written this to help you so that you can help them. There were days when I was honestly surprised I didn’t slug someone. A lack of sponta...

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Corner Pieces: Dealing With Diagnosis: Parents

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Donate to Alex's Service Dog. Fundraising for Alexs Service Dog. Dealing With Diagnosis: Parents. Learning your child has autism is a life-changing event. It can feel overwhelming and you’re likely to have a lot of emotional reactions until you settle into this new world. Everyone reacts to the diagnosis differently. Some react with relief that there is finally an explanation. Others react with disbelief, surely there must have been some kind of mistake? They are all okay. You’re going to have to i...

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Corner Pieces: Fundraising for Alex's Service Dog

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Donate to Alex's Service Dog. Fundraising for Alexs Service Dog. Fundraising for Alex's Service Dog. Our son Alex has been approved for an autism service dog through National Service Dogs. We've been asked to raise the $ 30 000 it takes to raise and train a service dog. This isn't mandatory, as we will receive a dog regardless. But NSD runs entirely on donations and this will allow another family to get a dog for their child. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Dealing with Other People's Reactions warns of some...

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Corner Pieces: Changing Challenging Behaviours

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Donate to Alex's Service Dog. Fundraising for Alexs Service Dog. The earlier you intervene, the easier it is to change a behaviour. Which means if your child has been doing something for a long time, it’s going to take a long time to fix it. Here’s a quick overview of the main points:. Collect information, the more detail the better. Use the information to figure out why the behaviour is occurring. Find a way to prevent the problem or prevent rewarding it. When in doubt, ask for professional help. Child ...

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Corner Pieces: Finding Help: Getting A Diagnosis

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Donate to Alex's Service Dog. Fundraising for Alexs Service Dog. Finding Help: Getting A Diagnosis. Disclaimer: This list of services is based on my own experiences. It's not intended to be comprehensive but to give parents an idea to go. Please let me know if any of them are no longer helpful. Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre (OCTC):. These are two groups which I know specialize in developmental psychological assessments. However, there is a large number of psychologists in the Ottawa area. Yo...Subsc...