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May 2018 Newsletter

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Award-winning Language Builder® Blocks!
 
We are proud to announce that our Language Builder® Blocks have won a 2018 Tillywig Toy & Media award! The Tillywig Toy & Media award for parents' favorite products recognizes parenting and children's products that enhance the quality and playfulness of daily life.
 
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Parent Strategies to Help Children with Autism Cope with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)

In this article, we explore Sensory Processing Disorder (also called sensory integration or sensory sensitivity), and how these issues can be alleviated and treated, and strategies parents and caregivers can use at home and school to help ease day to day life.  

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Parent Strategies for Helping Children with Autism Cope with Transitions and Changing Routines

Transitions from one activity to the next can be difficult for any child, especially if they are being asked to leave a preferred activity to instead do something they need to do. While some behaviors in response to transitions may look similar between neurotypical children and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the reasons behind the behaviors can differ. 

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Positive Pedagogy: How to Bring Positive Psychology into Special Education and Inclusive Classrooms for Students with Autism

How can you help your students discover stillness? joy? authenticity?  Positive psychology is the science of well-being, which applied, can bring more positivity and happiness into your classroom. Try investing in these easy “rituals,” or habits, to transform your classroom into an oasis where your students can learn to flourish, no matter their challenges. 

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Autism in the News:

Education Week, April 26.

Autism spectrum disorder is up 15 percent, on average, among communities monitored by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency said Thursday. 

Approximately 1 in 59 8-year-olds were diagnosed with the disorder, a prevalence number based on data collected in 2014 using a combination of medical and school records in 11 states. Read More ...

 
Robot teaching social skills to students on Autism spectrum
 
WFAA, May 15.

A two-foot tall robot named Milo is successfully teaching lessons to students on the Autism spectrum at Gooch Elementary in Dallas ISD.

“People are hard for kids on the spectrum. They can’t make eye contact. They can’t follow language. So, Milo is approachable. He’s two-feet tall. He speaks 20-percent slower than a normal person. He delivers the same lesson over, and over again with the same inflection,” said Soraya Gollop, Ph.D., the community liaison at Gooch Elementary. Read More ...

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Thanks again for visiting our site and checking out our resources! We hope you find them to be useful in your home, classroom and daily life!

Warm Regards,

Angela Nelson

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President, Stages Learning Materials 
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