Grounding Exercise
27/07/2020
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Kitchen Skills to Teach in Special Education
26/07/2020
Research tells us that being proficient at general life skills is closely linked to wellbeing and life satisfaction as our young people grow into adulthood. When we think of kit...
Wearing a Mask
25/07/2020
As wearing masks becomes more commonplace, some autistic children and young people may wish to or be expected to wear masks . Today we have two resources aimed at introducing th...
New Podcast Brian Mc Clean Mindfulness
24/07/2020
In this podcast Dr McClean identifies low arousal and rapport as crucial elements for learning and wellbeing. In addition, he offers practical tips about how we can use mindfuln...
Developing a Worry Jar
22/07/2020
The Worry Jar is a strategy that is normally used with children and young people in mainstream settings. This structured concept aims to help make the idea of a worry more tang...
Problem Vs Reaction
21/07/2020
Reactions to challenging situations should be expressed in relation to the size of the problem encountered. Today’s resource is a visual support designed to help child and young pe...
Hand and finger strength structured tasks
20/07/2020
The activities shown in the video below show some activities designed to increase hand and finger strength. The activities have been structured to support children and young peopl...
Autism Little Learners book series
19/07/2020
This link provides access to a helpful series of COVID-19 related texts to explain specific topics and situations to our children and young people. Topics include: What is social...
Monkey and Bananas Shoebox Task
18/07/2020
The use of structure can help to make tasks more easily achievable for the learner. Structure informs the learner of where to start, what to do and when the task will be finished....
New Podcast Dr Pat Daly Small Changes Big Differences
17/07/2020
In this week’s podcast Dr Patsy Daly discusses some strategies for teachers from her recently published book ‘Small Changes Can Make Big Differences’.
Dr Pat Daly Podcast Resource Volume Control
17/07/2020
Today’s resource is designed to support children and young people with communicating the intensity of their reaction in response to sounds they may hear in their environment. Two v...
Jar of Positive Affirmations
14/07/2020
We know that sometimes our children and young people with autism may be aversive to touch and/or may not always find verbal affirmation meaningful.
Making Juice Step by Step
13/07/2020
Promoting life skills and independence with autistic children and young people is crucially important. Simple tasks such as making juice can be a good place to start and may be...
Mobile Phone Agreement
12/07/2020
Technology has been extremely helpful for many of us throughout lockdown, but it is important for us all to maintain a healthy balance of other activities daily, including screen f...
QUB School of Psychology Survey
11/07/2020
Queen’s University School of Psychology is carrying out research into the impact of camouflaging behaviour on the educational experiences of autistic pupils at mainstream post-prim...
Our Summer Wish List
11/07/2020
Our ‘Summer Wish List’ can be used to provide a degree of structure and predictability over the holiday period.
Podcast Peter Vermeulen Promoting Leisure Fun and Happiness
10/07/2020
In this week’s podcast Dr Peter Vermeulen highlights the importance of being happy and discusses with Middletown’s Dr Fiona McCaffrey how we, as parents and professionals, can help...
Autism Good Feeling Questionnaire
10/07/2020
In his podcast Dr Peter Vermeulen discusses the importance of valuing happiness and quality of life as priority outcomes for autistic individuals. With this mind the Autism Good...