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Website: https://childmind.org/article/do-sensory-processing-issues-get-better-over-time/  Writer: Beth Arky en Español Fourteen-year-old James can remember back to when he was still in his stroller and became overwhelmed by loud, chaotic environments lik...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/how-sensory-processing-issues-affect-kids-in-school/  en Español Your son’s second grade teacher calls to say she’s concerned about some of his behaviors in school: He can’t sit still through a half-hour lesson...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/autism-plus-wandering/  Writer: Beth Arky en Español When Liane Kupferberg Carter’s son Mickey began “escaping,” as she calls it, around age 2, “he was greased lightning,” she says. “I couldn’t take my eyes off him...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/autism-and-picky-eating/  Writer: Juliann Garey en Español It is the rare parent who doesn’t at some point have to deal with temper tantrums over food or, at the very least, picky eating habits. But kids on the autis...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/autism-behaviors-do-they-reflect-medical-issues/  Writer: Caroline Miller en Español One of the things that can make autism perplexing — and challenging — is odd behaviors that range from distracting to dangerous. Gr...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/increasing-cooperation-in-kids-with-autism/  Writer: Hannah Sheldon-Dean en Español Cooperation can be a challenge for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) under the best of circumstances. And in stressful si...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/why-do-kids-have-tantrums-and-meltdowns/  Writer: Caroline Miller en Español It will come as no surprise to parents that the most common problem that brings young children to the attention of a psychologist or psyc...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/common-causes-of-behavior-problems-in-kids/  Writer: Caroline Miller en Español When children act out more than occasionally — with frequent tantrums, outbursts or defiance — the first step to dealing with the prob...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/how-can-we-help-kids-with-transitions/  Writer: Katherine Martinelli en Español Many children struggle with transitions, which are common triggers for behaviors that range from annoying (whining, stalling) to upset...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/finding-miss-right-hiring-keeping-babysitters-challenging-children/  Writer: Michaela Searfoorce en Español One mom's tips for hiring (and keeping) a good sitter We have six (mostly) darling children, in every devel...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/teaching-communication-in-kids-with-autism/  Writer: Caroline Miller en Español We know young children with autism benefit from support as early as possible to help them build social and communication skills that the...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/what-is-applied-behavior-analysis/  Writer: Juliann Garey en Español Receiving an autism diagnosis for your child can leave any parent overwhelmed. There seem to be a vast number of treatments available — from aggr...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/controversy-around-applied-behavior-analysis/  Writer: Juliann Garey en Español Over the last few decades, Applied Behavior Analysis, or ABA, has grown into a broad group of approaches and techniques designed to help...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/occupational-therapists-what-do-they-do/  Writer: Beth Arky en Español Karla was worried. Her 11-month-old baby girl, adopted from South Korea a month earlier, wouldn’t transition from the bottle to rice cereal, depr...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/know-getting-good-aba/  Writer: Juliann Garey en Español In the decades since it was developed, applied behavior analysis (ABA) has become the evidence-based treatment of choice to help autistic children acquire skil...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/helping-children-with-autism-learn-to-communicate/  Writer: Caroline Miller en Español One of the most urgent goals in treating children on the autism spectrum is to help them develop communication skills. When child...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/animals-nature-offer-children-a-fresh-start/  Writer: Beth Arky en Español Two special-needs schools help kids succeed using horses, dogs, sheep — even injured birds of prey By the time Brady entered Green Chimneys,...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/service-dogs-love-protect-and-connect-autistic-kids/  Writer: Beth Arky en Español Families see big breakthroughs in behavior From the time Elizabeth Mullen’s son Cooper was a toddler until age 4, if she wanted to h...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/animals-help-children-overcome-challenges/  Writer: Beth Arky en Español No child relishes a trip to the dentist. But for one like Caroline, an autistic 7-year-old who has sensory processing issues, even a routine vi...

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