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Crossing the Finish Line
In this life, we are all vulnerable. We all try to cross the finish lines of our own strengths and weaknesses. I truly believe that children with special needs come to us as the freedom we seek. There is no need to prove themselves, as we often feel we have to do....
Junganew: A Herd of Sounds App Review
Char Boshart MA,CCC-SLP has been kind enough to review my new app Junganew: A Herd of Sounds. Junganew is the first story based series app that creates an experience for the child to learn their sounds. I am honored to have received such wonderful words. The app is...
Junganew Launch Party
4 Stages of Cognitive Development…as it Compares to Children with Autism
As I attend open houses with my daughter seeking out the college of her dreams, it brings me back to my undergraduate years when I was a Psychology major at Wagner College. I ponder on the stages of cognitive development and compare this to my little ones with autism....
A Ticket To Heaven
Yesterday was one month since I lost an angel here on Earth. It compels me to tell my story. At the tender age of 12, I lost my mother to Lithium poisoning from a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Five months later, my father was taken from a massive heart attack. It...
50 Repetitive Books for Children with Apraxia
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenbury To Market to Market by Anne Miranda If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Joffe Numeroff If You Take A Mouse to the Movies by Laura Joffe Numeroff If You Give a Pig a Party by Laura Joffe Numeroff If You Give a Cat a Cupcake...
Labels, Labels, Labels…
Recently, I was asked to get a second opinion on a mammogram and ultrasound that showed a nodule on the left breast. With barely enough energy to muster the strength to do so for fear of the dreaded label that I faced with my sister experiencing a double mastectomy...
Making an App for the Computer Illiterate
When computers began becoming a way of the world, I was home busy watching Barney and changing diapers. Technology just seemed to pass me by as I was learning every nursery song to sing to my baby girls. Once my daughters were old enough to attend school, I ventured...
A Well Integrated Child is a Well Integrated Universe
I recently attended the Mocca Arts Fest 2014 in NYC. While I was there, I had the great pleasure of engaging in one of my favorite past times: People watching! There were all sorts of people with different ethnic backgrounds, different languages, unique attire, and...
Harry Potter… and the Child with Autism
As therapists, and moms, and people, one of our goal is to expose our clients, our children, and others to fine literature. My daughter did not enjoy reading AT ALL! That is until Harry Potter came along! She loved the movies, and asked to read the first book. She...