People may need to release physical or emotional energy for variety of reasons.
People may feel overwhelmed with positive emotions positive energy like excitement. People can also feel overwhelmed...
For tens of thousands of years, human beings lived as hunter-gatherers.
A person living in this world likely had an intimate awareness and understanding of their immediate environment and that...
For better or worse, the diagnosis, Autism Spectrum Disorders includes a wide array of behaviors and struggles.
Our goal here is to shed some light on the source of those...
Collaboration is the ability of students to work together in groups.
Collaboration or working in groups can be difficult for many ASD students for a number of reasons, including...
Even a simple writing assignment may require most or all of the following skills:
55 Essential Skills for Students on the Autism Spectrum is the culmination of 10 years of research and development at the Neuro-Linguistic Learning Center in Northern California.
Neuro-Linguistic Learning...
In previous chapters, we looked at people’s personalities and how they perceive and process sensory information.
As one would expect, it is natural for people’s speaking and listening to reflect...
As many folks in the autistic community are aware, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) has increasingly come under fire.
Long considered the “gold standard” in autism therapy, there is increasing anecdotal...
Communication is like a dance. It requires the participation of both parties. It requires focus and attention. And, as we discussed in previous chapters, it requires energy.
For our purposes,...
The FACE Personality Model is based on the four primary brain functions: Feeling, Access, Consideration, and Excitement – FACE. These are the...
A synopsis is a brief summary or general survey of something, an outline of the plot of a book, play, or movie
Oddly enough, some of the most creative writers...