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Get Your Smile On! Dental Care and Autism Spectrum Disorder Brought to you by:  Byte

Get Your Smile On! Dental Care and Autism Spectrum Disorder Brought to you by:  Byte

Dental Care for Children With Autism Children with autism are likely to suffer many more oral health problems than children without autism. Parents and caregivers can do several things to make oral hygiene and dental visits easier for their autistic kids. Implementing behavioral techniques, using autism-friendly dental products, and seeking out dental professionals with specialized …

Benefits of Play Therapy

Benefits of Play Therapy

In our early childhood center, we have children who range in age from 3-7 years old. To have meaningful sessions with children, play therapy is an effective technique. This is because play is a core component for child development. According to Lynne Kenney and Rebecca Comizio, play is crucial to the child’s cognitive development, motor …

What Matters to You? Occupational Therapist’s Role in School-Based Practice

What Matters to You? Occupational Therapist’s Role in School-Based Practice

“So you help people get jobs?” The dreaded question that occupational therapists (OTs) hear all too often about their role as a practitioner. To us, the word ‘occupation’ is our pride and joy, and it is often misunderstood. In occupational therapy, “occupations refer to the everyday activities that people do as individuals, in families, and …

Children’s Books to Help Process Trauma

Children’s Books to Help Process Trauma

ACES, or Adverse Childhood Experiences, come in many forms, from physical and mental abuse to neglect and household dysfunction. In 1998, CDC-Kaiser Permanente published a groundbreaking study that investigated the impact of ACEs on physical and mental health problems in over 17,000 adults.  Now that we understand how toxic stress affects the minds and bodies …

The ABA Way!

The ABA Way!

In the world of social work, we employ countless techniques and therapies to support marginalized groups of people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. In the educational world, ABA is considered the “gold standard” for autism treatment.  What is ABA? ABA is abbreviated for Applied Behavior Analysis. It is considered the best practice for teaching …