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A training programme by NPC in conjunction with St. Patrick's Mental Health services which can be run in your local school.

This programme supports parents to encourage and promote positive mental health and wellbeing in their children. The programme also explores how the building of resilience in children helps them to manage and cope with the day to day stresses of life as they occur.

Parents who attend this session will:

1. Explore the factors that influence mental health and well being in their child.

2. Learn how to build and nurture resilience within their own child.

3. Be given tips on how best to support their child's positive mental health and wellbeing.

To avail of this training in your local school please complete the booking form below.

or if you would prefer to download an application form please click here

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Supporting parents to support their children's mental health and wellbeing | National Parents Council

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A training programme by NPC in conjunction with St. Patrick's Mental Health services which can be run in your local school. This programme supports parents to encourage and promote positive mental health and wellbeing in their children.

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Welcome to our TEACCH Tips page. We are working to put together a collection of tips to help provide support to our families and provide ideas on how to support individuals with autism during times of change. We can all benefit from having some type of structure during times of change to help us maintain well-being and a sense of productivity. We will be updating the TEACCH tips page regularly with more tips translated into Spanish.

In times of uncertainty, everyone benefits from predictability!

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Welcome to our TEACCH Tips page. We are working to put together a collection of tips to help provide support to our families and provide ideas on how to support individuals with autism during times of change. We can all benefit from having some type of structure during times of change to help us maintain well-being ...

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The Card will serve as a proof of diagnosis when interacting with service providers. These include public servants and those working in private businesses. It can help to access reduced queues or extra help when needed.

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The card will serve as a proof of diagnosis when interacting with service providers. These include public servants and those working in private businesses. Any supports provided are at the service's discretion.

It does not automatically entitle cardholders and or their companions to discounts or preferential treatment over other customers, though AsIAm is currently in talks with a number of businesses and service providers to provide supports and benefits to cardholders.

The Autism ID Card is accepted in many places. The following organisations have contacted us to say that the card will offer certain concessions. Please check with the business as to what these are as they are subject to change from time to time.

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This page explains AsIAm's Autism ID Card, how it works and how to apply for your own

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Speech and Language and Occupational Therapy Tips for a Home 

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Starting the Day for Kids with Autism: SENSORY CIRCUITS 1

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What is articulation (pronunciation and talking)?

Articulation (pronunciation and talking) is the ability to physically move the tongue, lips, teeth and jaw to produce sequences of speech sounds, which make up words and sentences.

Why is articulation (pronunciation and talking) important?

Articulation is important to be able to produce sounds, words and sentences which are clear and can be easily understood and interpreted by others in order to be able to express basic needs and wants, right through to being able to engage in complex conversations.

Depending on the extent of the difficulties, unclear speech can impact significantly on how well a child can interact with adults and their peers and can affect the development of language and social skills. A child who is having difficulties being understood can become frustrated and angry which may lead to behavioural issues. Articulation is also important in literacy skills such as reading and spelling out of words.

What are the building blocks necessary to develop articulation (pronunciation and talking)?

Attention and concentration: Sustained effort, listening and doing activities without distraction and being able to hold that effort long enough to get the task done (e.g. being able to attend to speech and sounds long enough to be able to process the information).

Hearing: For detection of speech sounds.

Good middle ear functioning most of the time (e.g. a child with on-going ear infections, 'glue ear' or colds which block the ears may have fluctuating hearing levels which can affect speech).

Process speech sounds, identify and hear differences between sounds.

Muscle coordination: The ability to move and coordinate the muscles involved in producing sounds (e.g. diaphragm, lips, tongue, vocal cords, jaw and palate).

Understanding that sounds convey meaning.

How can you tell if my child has problem with articulation (pronunciation and talking)?

If a child has difficulties with articulation they might:

Become overly frustrated when communicating with others.

Produce speech that is difficult to understand even for familiar listeners.

Have difficulty linking together more than one or two sounds.

Tend to use only vowel sounds (very open mouthed noises).

Produce speech that is unclear alongside dribbling and messy eating skills.

Produces speech that is less clear than other children of the same age.

Produce an interdental lisp (e.g. tongue protruding between the teeth when saying a /s/ or /z/ sound) if over the ages of 3.5 - 4 years.

Be school aged and still having difficulty saying several sounds.

What other problems can occur when a child has articulation (pronunciation and talking) difficulties?

When a child has articulation difficulties, they might also have difficulties with:

Social skills: Unclear articulation can impact the ability to engage in reciprocal interaction with others (either verbally or non-verbally), to compromise with others, and be able to recognize and follow social norms.

Expressive (using) language: Using language through speech, sign or alternative forms of communication to communicate wants, needs, thoughts and ideas. The child may reduce the length of their sentences or use familiar words to help with being understood.

Self confidence: A child's belief in their ability to perform a task.

Fluency: The smoothness or flow with which sounds, syllables, words and phrases are produced when talking.

Independence: The child may be "clingy" or always want a parent/carer to be around to translate or help with their communication.

Behaviour: A child may become overly frustrated due to not being understood.

Reading and spelling which rely on sounding out the words.

What can be done to improve articulation (pronunciation and talking)?

Play: For the young child, engage in play where you model and use lots of different sounds while playing (e.g. saying "ch ch ch" as the train passes by, "baa" goes the sheep).

Talk to your child often throughout the day to model correct pronunciation of words.

Reduce background noise: Turn off background noise in the home (e.g. television, radio, music) when engaging with your child to minimise distractions.

Look at the child when they are speaking and encourage them to look at you so that they can imitate how to say words or sounds correctly.

Read to the child.

Listen and respond to the child's message (not the exact pronunciation of the words).

Repeat the child's sentences if their speech is not clear (e.g. child: "Dat my deen tar." adult: "Yes, that's your green car."). By repeating what your child has said you are producing a good language model and you are also showing that you have listened to what the child has said.

Show: Ask the child to show you what they are talking about if you don't understand what they have said. Ask for ONE repetition and try to have a guess. Don't be afraid of saying you can't understand what the child has said.

What activities can help improve articulation (pronunciation and talking)?

Naming items together when completing tasks such as looking at a book, in the car, looking outside, while playing and during shopping.

Copying facial expressions in the mirror (e.g. smiling, kissing, licking lips).

Playing something together that the child really enjoys and throughout the game model words with which they are having difficulty.

Modeling and using different sounds during interactions and in play (e.g. "s" is the snake sound, "sh" the baby is sleeping).

Listening to and identifying sounds in words (e.g. "shoe" starts with the "sh" sound).

Correcting: If a child says a word incorrectly, model the correct production back to them but there is no need to make them say it again (e.g. child: "Look at the tat". adult: "Yes, it's a cat" and then continue with the conversation). This helps to provide a subtle, positive correction by modelling the correct response rather than highlighting that the child has said it incorrectly.

Why should I seek therapy if I notice difficulties with articulation (pronunciation and talking)?

Therapeutic intervention to help a child with articulation difficulties is important to:

Improve a child's ability to produce clearer speech.

Improve a child's ability to be understood by others.

Improve a child's ability to engage positively with other children and adults.

Facilitate a child's interactions with familiar (e.g. family members, peers) and unfamiliar individuals.

Reduce frustration in a child who struggles with getting their message across.

Improve spelling and/or writing.

If left treated what can difficulties with articulation (pronunciation and talking) lead to?

When children have difficulties with articulation, they might also have difficulties with:

Forming friendships and engaging in positive social interactions with peers.

Completing higher level education tasks.

Being understood during interactions such as when meeting new people, playing with friends or talking to the teacher.

Developing literacy skills such as reading and writing.

What type of therapy is recommended for articulation (pronunciation and talking) difficulties?

If your child has difficulties with articulation, it is recommended they consult a Speech Therapist.

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Speech Pathology helps a child with articulation to ensure they are able to express their needs and wants as well as engage in more complex conversations.

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BBE's Virtual Calming room was designed with the intention of becoming a virtual hub of mental health resources for students to utilize in times of need. These resources are meant to provide a variety of calming interventions to assist in self-regulation and help students learn how to manage strong emotions. Please feel free to use and share these resources as you feel appropriate. As a mental health team, we would love to continue to add to this resource library, so please feel free to reach out to us with any additional resources as you may see fit!

-Mrs. Anderson (School Counselor) and Mrs. Tamra (School Social Worker)

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This website gives some great tips and supports for parents - lots of advice across a range of topics.

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TimeTimer App (FREE)

20 Types of Visual Timers:

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Tzvi Schectman

If you have a child with special needs you now how difficult transitions are. Children with special needs, especially children with autism have difficulty with moving from one activity or event to another. An effective solution to help with transitions has been the use of visual timers. Visual timers help teach the concept of time to children with special needs. It also gives them an understanding that every activity is limited to a set amount of time. So where can you find a visual timer for your child?

Right here. We have gathered together 20 visual timers that can help your child with special needs.

1. Time Timers

Recommended by Autism and ADHD experts, Time Timer is one of the most popular visual timers available on the market. With an uncluttered interface, silent operation and optional audible alert this timer works great in almost any setting. Time Timers come in three, eight and 12 inch sizes, perfect for the classroom, in your home or on the go. Price: $30-$40 Purchase at: TimeTimer.com

2. Time Tracker & Time Tracker Mini

Time Tracker is a great visual tool for children with special needs. Following along the lines of a traffic light, Time Tracker uses colors to notify a child that his or her time is almost up. Time Tracker features volume control, a pause feature and quick programming of the lights and sound effects. Price: $26 Purchase at: Amazon.com

3. Time Tracker Mini

The Time Tracker Mini is a smaller more simple version of the Time Tracker. The Time Tracker Mini is half the size of the original Time Tracker (4.75 inches tall) and operates easily with just 2 dials. Alarm times on the Mini can be set from 5 minutes to 2 hours, in 5-minute increments. Price: $15 Purchase at: Amazon.com

4. Talking Timer

The Lux Talking Timer offers the flexibility to be used as either a precise clock or as a count up/count down timer. A clear spoken voice will announce the time of day or how much time remains until the count down elapses. You can set a timer for up to 23 hours and decide if you would like an audible alarm or not. Price: $17 Purchase at: Amazon.com

5. Amco Color Alert Timer

While this timer was designed with the kitchen in mind, it can also be used for your child with special needs. The Amco Color Alert Timer is useful if you are looking for an inexpensive timer or looking for the added bonus of kitchen use. The timer is a 60 minute timer, that blinks yellow with 10 minutes left and red with one minute left. Price: $17 Purchase at: Amazon.com

6. Time Timer Watch

The Time Timer watch is a great product for young adults with autism or ADHD. The watch has three features: A clock, alarm and countdown timer. The Time Timer watch gives teens and young adults independence while helping them to get a better understanding of time. Features of the watch include vibrating and audible alerts, repeatable time segments and 12- or 24-hour clock options. Price: $75 Purchase at: TimeTimer.com

Aside from the physical timers that you can purchase in stores there are also many timer apps available in the Apple iTunes Store and the Google Play Store. Below is a list of highly regarded timer apps for both platforms.

7. Sharing Timer

Sharing Timer focuses on reinforcing the concept of sharing and turn-taking. With sharing timer you can select an activity, choose whose turn it is and set the timer. The graphics, sounds, activities and of course the time limit can all be customized to fit your needs. With its large, clear graphics, Sharing Timer makes it easier for children with special needs to use. Price: $7.99

8. Time Timer

The Time Timer App displays time as a red disk that quietly gets smaller as time elapses. Children as young as three understand that when the red is gone, time is up! The Time Timer App has a professional look and packed feature set to help adults make every moment count. Highly recommended by experts in education, healthcare, ADHD, Autism and parenting. Time Timer has separate apps for the iPhone and iPad. Price: $4.99 for iPad App and $2.99 for iPhone App

9. Vis Timer

Visual thinkers, especially when they are children, have difficulty conceptualizing time. The VisTimer was developed to provide a gentle implementation of time imposed limits. It utilizes an animated shrinking pie chart to depict elapsed time. Vis Timer includes an early warning preference setting to indicate the timer is approaching completion. Price: $1.99

10. iPrompts

iPrompts is a special needs app that does a number of things including: picture schedules, choice prompts and more. iPrompts also has a countdown timer that displays an image of the caregiver's choice along with a graphical countdown timer set to any duration. The app is useful for demonstrating how much time is left until a current activity ends, or before the next pictured activity begins. Price: $39.99

11. Stoplight Clock

Stoplight Clock provides a distraction-free countdown with vivid colors to let your child know when they are nearly out of time. With this app you can disable the alarm and customize the length of time for each color. Price: 1.99

12. Kiddie Countdown Timer

Kiddie Countdown makes it easy for your kids to see how much time they have left for a particular task. Kiddie Countdown uses clear simple graphics in green, yellow and red to let your child know how much time is left. The App also supports background alarms so even if it isn't running in the foreground, you will still get the alarms. Price: $0.99

13. Wait Timer

Wait Timer is a visual and audio tool to help children with waiting. The app includes a social story about waiting, and an audio/visual tool for waiting that can be set to different times. Features include: settings to easily change the "wait" time. You can set the timer to as little as one second to gradually introduce waiting and there is no minimum or maximum times. Price: $2.99

14. Buddy's Timer

Buddy's Timer is perfectly suited to children with autism. The app is a no-frills countdown timer that helps teach the concepts of time. You can set the timer for up to 60 minutes in increments of five. The app comes with a screen lock and a piano key chime for audio support. Price: $1.99

15. Easy Kids Timer

Easy Kid Timer is a fun visual timer for a parent or teacher of any child learning patience and the concept of time. You can easily customize Kids timer with your own pictures and descriptions of tasks. Price: $1.00

16. Touch & Go Visual Countdown Timer

This app is aimed at kids who benefit from visual reinforcers, particularly kids who are non-verbal, have autism, or kids who just plain do better with visual feedback. The app allows you to set various timers (in seconds), the corresponding text to display and the image to display during the countdown. Price: Free

17. Visual Auditory Timer

The Visual Auditory Timer is is an extremely simple application that is geared toward individuals along the Autism Spectrum, ADHD, or others who need visual reinforcement. This app provides an unobtrusive timer and alarm to complete time-driven tasks. Price:$0.99

18. Time Timer

Make every moment count with this intuitive, customizable visual timer. The Time Timer is an intuitive and effective visual timer that is preferred by teachers, productivity experts and families with ADHD and Autism. This visual timer is now optimized for Android! Price: $1.99

19. iPrompts

iPrompts is a special needs app that does a number of things including: picture schedules, choice prompts and more. iPrompts also has a countdown timer that displays an image of the caregiver's choice along with a graphical countdown timer set to any duration. Price: $9.99

20. visTimer

visTimer is a small application that is designed for people with Autism, ADHD, or others who benefit from visual reinforcement. The timer can be set to durations of 1 to 60 minutes. It can also operate in clockwise or counter-clockwise modes. The sound & textual prompts can be enabled/disabled and the textual prompts edited. Did we miss any? Tell us in the comments below.

More Special Needs Apps

Looking for more special needs apps? Check out the Special Needs App Review! With over a thousand apps now available to help individuals with special needs it has become increasingly difficult to find and choose the right special needs app. The Friendship Circle App Review gives you the ability to find the perfect special needs app for your child.

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Some children need their daily visual schedule to be broken down into smaller, more manageable chunks. I use a first-then board for this. You can use it with the symbols I have shared above. When introducing it, I would always recommend pairing a less-liked task with something that is a favourite, e.g. first writing, then iPad.

Here's a great video from Middletown Centre explaining:
https://youtu.be/1PlaDqDmGEI

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Video - How to talk to Kids about COVID-19

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How to Talk About COVID-19 with Children

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The Department of Education and Skills has a dedicated website page in place providing the most up to date and relevant information for educational settings.

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The section maintains close links with the National Council for Special Education (NCSE)

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The Irish primary education system aims to provide a holistic education to enable children to live their lives to the full and to realise their potential as unique individuals.

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TED-Ed@Home

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Keeping the learning going at home: how to make the most out of reading time

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During the extended closure of schools, one of the simplest , and most rewarding, things that parents can do with their children is to read with them or encourage them to take up a book. Apart from the way stories feed children’s imagination, reading brings well-documented educational benefits.

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Who is Debbie Hepplewhite?

Debbie is one of the leading authorities in the field of resource design and teaching using the synthetic phonics method for reading, spelling and handwriting.

Her programme, Phonics International, has received acclaim around the world and is used in more than 50 countries. Debbie is also the author/consultant for the Oxford Reading Tree's 'Floppy's Phonics Sounds and Letters' programme and Raintree's 'No Nonsense Phonics Skills'. She is a member of the 'UK Reading Reform Foundation' and founder of The International Foundation for Effective Reading Instruction (IFERI). She has years of experience as a teacher, headteacher, special needs teacher, international teacher trainer, consultant and author. She was consulted during the major governmental enquiries into early reading in the UK and in 2011 was awarded an MBE for services to education.

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This Free resource consists of a printable newsletter with Reading Tips For Parents - tips on how to encourage their children in both junior and middle/senior classes to read.It contains suggestions on how to help with reading, how to make reading fun and how to choose reading material.

There are two versions for both junior and senior pupils - one is A4 sized and the other is A5 sized (two pages per A4 sheet). For the A4 version, print back to back onto A3 sized paper. For the A5 version, print back to back onto A4 sized paper.

If you wish to let parents have this free resource, please give them the link to this page for them to download themselves. Please do not upload this resource to your school website.

All files in .PDF format.

Junior Pupils 01 (A4 version)

Junior Pupils 02 (A5 version)

Senior Pupils 01 (A4 version)

Senior Pupils 02 (A5 version)

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SEN Online resources for home learning during the Covid 19 restrictions

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SEN Online resources for home learning during the Covid 19 restrictions

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Support for parents

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Naturally we want to shield children from pain. Giving a child difficult news about a death or serious illness is not easy at a time when you can be overwhelmed by grief yourself. It's normal to be unsure about what to say, and how to find the words your child can understand.

Conversations about death are steps in a journey. Once you tell a child about a death or serious illness, you will need to have ongoing conversations as the child takes in and processes the information. The importance of support from family, friends and care settings (such as crèche or school) cannot be underestimated - much of children's understanding of the world comes through family and the significant adults in their lives.

Children grieve in different ways depending on their personality, age and their understanding of death. Children need information and explanations in order to make some sense of what has happened. Be honest and talk in language that children understand. Information and reassurance help a child make sense of a loss.
Children can experience a variety of grief reactions
Emotional responses may include fear, anxiety, confusion, anger, sadness, relief,
loneliness, guilt, isolation.
Physical responses may include low energy, interrupted sleep or eating patterns, unexplained aches and pains.
Behavioural responses may include lack of concentration, temporary dis-improvement in
school work, memory loss, 'acting out', aggression, irritability or regression to behaviour
more commonly associated with a younger age (such as bed wetting, thumb-sucking, or baby talk).
Social responses may include loss of self-esteem and confidence, withdrawal from
friends and activities, or a fall-off in school attendance.

Children may exhibit none, some, or many of these responses. All bereaved children and young people need to be heard and have their need for information, simple explanations and
reassurance met after a loss.
Talking to children about suicide
This is often considered one of the most difficult conversations to have. However, it is better a child hears it from a parent or someone in their immediate family circle rather than indirectly. How much information you give depends on the child's age and personality. Suicide can be explained in stages, in the first instance you might explain that the person has died, and then there may be details of when and where, and that the person caused themselves to die because in their mind living had become too hard for them. Be aware of the shock factor. Repeat key information later. Check with them as to what they have understood.

The child may be angry and frustrated and have questions you can't answer, and you may have to explain that you don't have all the answers.Very often children imagine that they caused the person to die, and with suicide children worry that they could have done something to prevent it. Reassure them that this is not the case.

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The First Steps in Talking to Children about Grief - Irish Childhood Bereavement Network

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Sharing difficult news with children Naturally we want to shield children from pain. Giving a child difficult news about a death or serious illness is not easy at a time when you can be overwhelmed by grief yourself.

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SEN Online resources for home learning during the Covid 19 restrictions

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SEN Online resources for home learning during the Covid 19 restrictions

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This month's theme is siblings on the Middletown Centre website.

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Middletown Centre share fantastic resources and free training seminars for teachers, SNAs and family members.

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Training

Middletown Centre provides a range of training opportunities for parents, carers and educational professionals in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Centre has a full training calendar of face to face and online sessions, which can be managed using the Centre's app The Centre, in partnership with Mary Immaculate College Limerick provides a Graduate Certificate, Diploma and MA in Autism Studies Individual schools can apply for whole school training and these are provided in partnership with the EA in Northern Ireland and The NCSE in Ireland. Further information on applying for a whole school training is available by contacting us using the email training@middletownautism.com

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Our latest Research Bulletin is focused on Strength-based Approaches. It highlights papers that show how taking a strength-based approach can create an empowering environment for autistic young people and allow them to define what they value..
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Our latest Research Bulletin focuses on well-being for all. By better understanding the experiences & strengths of the entire autism community, we can better support each other to thrive.
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Reading Together: Tips for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Whether your child has mild or severe Autism Spectrum Disorder, making reading a fun activity can help your child's learning and social skills. You'll find sharing books together can be a good way to connect with your son or daughter. Reading also helps your child's language development and listening skills.

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Speech and language

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Reading Together: Tips for Parents of Children with Speech and Language Problems

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Children with speech and language problems may have trouble sharing their thoughts with words or gestures. They may also have a hard time saying words clearly and understanding spoken or written language. Reading to your child and having her name objects in a book or read aloud to you can strengthen her speech and language skills.

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Resources to boost your child's wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Resources to boost your child's wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic