For Counselors and Health Professionals
Individuals, families and schools dealing with Asperger Syndrome and autism often need additional support. Here are some areas we've found where knowledgeable counselors and heath professionals have been particularly helpful.
Helping to disclose Asperger Syndrome and autism in positive ways to teachers, classmates, supervisors and coworkers.
Using your experience to help families see solutions they may not be able to discover on their own.
Helping people on the spectrum realistically assess their strengths and challenges, recognize their self worth, and work to modify challenging behaviors.
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The Zero Based Approach Ever talked to someone who complains about a problem, and then shoots down every idea you have to solve it? Of course you have....
Dealing with the Disappearing Asperger Diagnosis Those of us diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, or who support people diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, may have a fight on our hands. Or, maybe not....
Rescuing Your Child's Self-Esteem It's hard to overstate the value of self-esteem. It supercharges our brains to give us ideas and energy. It makes us feel and...
Asperger Syndrome and "The Talk" If talking to children about sex is hard for most parents, it can be a real nail-biter for parents of kids who have Asperger...
Girls, Puberty, and Asperger Syndrome I spent the last year in Girlworld. And I learned a lot. In the course of making a DVD to help girls deal with the physical, emotional and...
The Other Victims of Bullying: Enlisting the Parents of Bullies Parents respond in all sorts of ways when a school reports their children are bullying others. But if schools really want to get these parents’...
Tell Me About The Money What can we do today to keep our children with Asperger Syndrome from being cheated out of their money in the future?
The Asperger Graduation Speech Where’s the graduation speech for people with Asperger Syndrome?
Asperger Syndrome: Alone By Choice? Does your child with Asperger Syndrome really want to be alone? I have Asperger Syndrome, and I enjoyed being...
Motivating Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders How do you motivate a child with Asperger Syndrome or autism?
Autism Awareness and Employers I saw a nice feature in the paper this morning about Autism Awareness Month. Of course, in our family, every month is Autism...
Asperger Honesty We all want our children to be honest and open. Okay, if you’re the parent of a child with Asperger Syndrome, you’ll probably...
Learning to Swim, Socially When I was little, I almost drowned. On summer days, I’d go to a community pool with the kids from the neighborhood...
Colorful Language - Cautious Vocabulary I like colorful language. Vivid word images can really help communicate a point. But there’s a down side, and it’s one that those of us...
Good Job What’s your child with Asperger Syndrome going to do for a living? Too early to start thinking about that? Really, it's not. While your ten year...
Programming the Asperger Brain We’re not computers. But comparing our brains to computers can help us understand and deal with some Asperger Syndrome behaviors. In elementary...
Beating Behavior Whac-A-Mole I admit it. I’ve played Behavior Whac-A-Mole. It’s a version of the arcade game where mole heads pop out of holes at a faster and faster rate...
What’s So Funny About Asperger Syndrome? I’ve heard many parents of children with Asperger Syndrome talk about their kids’ sense of humor. This may be because a lot of humor comes...
Asperger Syndrome: Living the Dream It was the dead of winter in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. In the gathering darkness, Julie and I got off the snow-plowed highway and walked...
Determining Where Your Child Is You have a child with Asperger Syndrome. Where is he? Not geographically. I mean in the larger sense of: where is he or she in preparing for...