Susan Tanori is a Stone Soup Group Parent Navigator in Fairbanks, Alaska. Her daughter has been diagnosed with autism. This is her story of how her family dealt with some of her daughter’s phobias using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and a process called “desensitization.” My daughter began to show signs of being afraid of dogs…
When you are mad do you go into a stripped down room, sit down and think about what why you are upset? Most likely no. So then why do we do this with children? Education consultant Jo Mascorro takes a look at how we interact with children and challenges many popular parenting and teaching methods….
We are creating this space to share stories and spark conversation between our families and yours. We want this to be a safe, thoughtful, informative, practical connection for parents raising kids with special needs. As SSG’s Executive Director, I was asked to write the inaugural blog post. And, to be honest, I’ve procrastinated. I’ve started and stopped…
