Safe community outings with an autistic child come down to four things: preparing the child, planning for sensory and communication needs, setting up layers of supervision and identification, and knowing exactly what you will do if your child bolts or becomes...
The best IEP goals with ABA take what works in behavior analysis and state it in school terms: an observable skill, the supports the student gets, a criterion based on real baseline data, and a way to measure it. An IEP is the school’s legally enforceable plan, and...
The best places to start looking for autism parent support groups in Orange County are Autism Society Orange County, which runs groups for parents, partners and adults, and the Regional Center of Orange County (RCOC), which keeps an A-Z list of parent groups across...
A meltdown plan at home is a short, written set of agreements about what your family does before, during and after your child’s hardest moments. It names the triggers you know about, the warning signs you can see, the one or two things every adult does when a meltdown...
A school AED program is a plan, not a purchase. The device matters, but what saves a student, teacher or visitor in sudden cardiac arrest is a trained team, a known location, a practiced response and a maintenance routine someone owns. This guide walks through each...
