“A winter’s day In a deep and dark December; I am alone, Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. I am a rock, I am an island. I’ve built walls, A fortress deep and mighty, That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship; friendship […]
When is autism not autism but just a group of autistic behaviors?
I am confused often, and – not only because of my children. My son was diagnosed at 3 years and 3 months with autism. Certainly he had many of the behaviors associated with autism, and after an all day assessment both at home and at the care center, we left Columbia SC that day in […]
Beyond Consequences, Charlotte NC Parent Class, Oct 29, 2011
An email I received from Heather Forbes: I am very excited to be presenting my Beyond Consequences Live parent training to you on Saturday, October 29! Thank you for signing up and committing this day to you and your family. I promise to deliver an encouraging, hopeful, and fun training. At this point, we still have space […]
I do a lot of thinking in the shower!
It’s often the only place I can go to get any quiet time. That was until we moved to our new house, it’s smaller with only 1 bathroom instead of 3. Now my quiet time is more often than not interrupted by someone needing the toilet or worse, wanting to join me in the shower! If only […]
Reassessment day at Brain Balance.
So today was our final assessment, we have completed all 36 sessions as of last week and we had 2 days this week to get a progress/final report which we will go over on Monday. My initial thoughts though are that he is right where he needs to be. Indeed our last traffic light report […]