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Making the Most of Summer: Simple Ways to Boost Your Child's Social Skills
Building Friendships Through Play Creating opportunities for children to form genuine connections can be one of the most rewarding...
Jamie Hitchins
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Is Your Child with Autism Eligible for Social Security Benefits? Here's How to Find Out
Social Security Benefits (SSI) are not just for the elderly and physically impaired. Many children with autism qualify for these...
eknop24
Apr 16, 20235 min read
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Let's Ditch the Diapers
Potty training is a stressful time for all involved, and something that all parents have to face at some point. Unfortunately, if your...
Jamie Hitchins
Jan 29, 20236 min read
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ABA Therapy- What is it and is it right for your child?
ABA. These three letters get brought up a lot in the Autism and special needs community, but what exactly do they mean? It sounds like a...
Jamie Hitchins
Jun 29, 20226 min read
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Tackling Tantrums- Because they are not limited to the terrible twos!
Tantrums happen….with all kids! A major focus of my job is to eliminate problem behaviors, yet I still cannot escape this stage of my...
Jamie Hitchins
May 29, 20226 min read
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Maybe Grandma really does know best?
Let’s talk about Grandma’s house. Every child loves to go there! It is full of cookies, treats, toys... and maybe a little bit of chaos....
Jamie Hitchins
Apr 30, 20224 min read
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Behavior Goes Where Reinforcement Flows
Recently I have noticed a common theme among both educators and parents: an overall misconception of what reinforcement is. I am often...
Jamie Hitchins
Apr 16, 20223 min read
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Replacement Behaviors- What are we teaching?
Recently we discussed how to identify the functions of your child’s behavior... figuring out the why behind the behavior. Once we figure...
Jamie Hitchins
Mar 28, 20224 min read
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WTF? What's the Function? - Determining the why behind behaviors.
All behavior is communication. It may be a foreign language at times, but it is always saying something. This is one of the most...
Jamie Hitchins
Feb 21, 20226 min read
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Bribery Vs. Reinforcement; What’s the difference?
I think that all of us have heard the term reinforcement being thrown around a time or two in the special education world. Whether it is...
Jamie Hitchins
Feb 3, 20226 min read
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Avoiding the Power Struggle
Many times we tell our child to do something, and then end up in a Power Struggle when our child refuses. We dig in our heels and stand...
Jamie Hitchins
Jan 10, 20225 min read
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