CAYAC – connecting your child or teen to mental health resources
I find myself referring families to CAYAC about 5-10 times a week these days. Rather than try to explain what CAYAC is, I asked CAYAC to explain their services directly. …
Autism in Heels
“You like to read. Have you seen that new book, Autism in Heels? Find it. Read it. Get back to me.” While many important things are said to me in…
Check out this TEDx with Amy Laurent
Our view of appropriate treatment interventions and treatment goals for individuals with ASD has really shifted in the last 20 years. My clients have heard me wax poetic about my…
Female and on the spectrum
There are so many controversial topics in autism: gluten, age of diagnosis, “where you are on the spectrum,” should America still have Asperger’s as a diagnosis, and whether or not…
Supportive Parenting
The journey from wondering if something is developmentally different with your child to becoming an informed advocate may feel daunting. Fortunately, Jan Starr Campito has written the exceptional book Supportive…
A Parent’s Guide to Assessment
Psychologists and school teams often refer students for “an assessment” and then hand over some names and phone numbers. Job done: parents have the info, and the referral has been…
The Loving Push
As always, parents have the best suggestions. A parenting team just suggested The Loving Push by Temple Grandin and Debra Moore, and they were right to suggest that I read…
Magnets for the mind
Clients have been asking about “magnet treatment” for Autism Spectrum Disorder. One of the most readable accounts regarding Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is John Elder Robison’s Switched On: A memoir…