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Technology helps families dealing with Autism work straight from their homes
A Kansas City doctor has found a way to bring specialized treatments to children with Autism without making parents drive more than 5 miles from their home.
Audrey Lintner knew early on her son was different than most kids.
“Oh gosh, since he was a baby,” she said.
Tommy was diagnosed with Autism last year.
“It’s very difficult to convince him to stop for whatever reason, I’m in this pattern I need to finish this pattern,” said Lintner.
One in 50 kids around the U.S. are diagnosed Autistic and the number is rising.
“There’s also research that shows that those individuals that are higher functioning, that as they age out of school and they age into young adulthood, that they’re unemployed and they’re underemployed,” said Dr. Linda Heitzman-Powell, who is specialized in Autism research.
Heitzman-Powell has helped hundreds of families dealing with autism.
She's educated parents, like Audrey, without forcing them to travel thousands of miles to get to her.
Instead, she helps treat kids through a webcam.
She’s taught Audrey new techniques to help give Tommy structure and grow in basic social skills.
“You change the learning outcome, you change the trajectory,” said Powell.
Sixteen weeks of training has given her a whole new perspective on helping her son and even herself.
“I think it helped me possibly more than it’s helping Tommy,” she said.
Heitzman-Powell says they plan to provide the program to Spanish speaking families in the near future.
Read more and watch the video:
Technology helps families dealing with Autism work straight from their homes
"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."
Audrey Lintner knew early on her son was different than most kids.
“Oh gosh, since he was a baby,” she said.
Tommy was diagnosed with Autism last year.
“It’s very difficult to convince him to stop for whatever reason, I’m in this pattern I need to finish this pattern,” said Lintner.
One in 50 kids around the U.S. are diagnosed Autistic and the number is rising.
“There’s also research that shows that those individuals that are higher functioning, that as they age out of school and they age into young adulthood, that they’re unemployed and they’re underemployed,” said Dr. Linda Heitzman-Powell, who is specialized in Autism research.
Heitzman-Powell has helped hundreds of families dealing with autism.
She's educated parents, like Audrey, without forcing them to travel thousands of miles to get to her.
Instead, she helps treat kids through a webcam.
She’s taught Audrey new techniques to help give Tommy structure and grow in basic social skills.
“You change the learning outcome, you change the trajectory,” said Powell.
Sixteen weeks of training has given her a whole new perspective on helping her son and even herself.
“I think it helped me possibly more than it’s helping Tommy,” she said.
Heitzman-Powell says they plan to provide the program to Spanish speaking families in the near future.
Read more and watch the video:
Technology helps families dealing with Autism work straight from their homes
"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Not Too Late for an IEP: Getting My Daughter Help in High School
Not Too Late for an IEP: Getting My Daughter Help in High School - NCLD
"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."
"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."
Monday, July 16, 2012
Free Technology for Teachers
Thanks @PuzzlePeaceABA for sharing your insights and recommendations.
Free Technology for Teachers: Steve Jobs and Apps for Autism
Happy Pinning 'EnjoyHi5Autism' on Pinterest!
Boards include: just apps, special needs blogs, Hi5!, Marzo Mania, 10-Hut!, and many more!
"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."
videos about Steve Jobs, Autism and apps
Happy Pinning 'EnjoyHi5Autism' on Pinterest!
Boards include: just apps, special needs blogs, Hi5!, Marzo Mania, 10-Hut!, and many more!
videos about Steve Jobs, Autism and apps
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Summer Learning Loss: Don't Take A Summer Vacation from LEARNING!
Years of education research have documented that the long summer hiatus from the classroom eats into children’s academic gains from the previous year. Summer loss accumulates year after year and “contributes to a substantial portion of the achievement gap,” according to a 2011 RAND Corp. report, “Making Summer Count,” commissioned by The Wallace Foundation. The RAND report notes that research from a dozen studies suggests it is possible to mitigate summer slide through smart summertime programs. Features of promising efforts include small group sizes, engaging activities, strong instruction, sufficient duration (five to six weeks over the summer) and, crucially, strong attendance.
With this in mind, Wallace last year launched a $50-million initiative to see whether large school districts could successfully operate high-quality programs that replace summer learning loss with lasting learning gains, particularly for our least advantaged students. This summer marks the program’s second year with six participating districts — Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Duval County (Jacksonville, Fla.), Pittsburgh and Rochester, N.Y. The efforts vary in approach, but typically they offer children academic fare during the morning and enrichment, ranging from nature study to dance, later in the day. Some programs feature field trips or a big project such as a theatrical performance. One offers the occasional pizza or ice cream party.
Wallace chose the six in part because the superintendents and other district leaders already had launched programs to fight summer learning loss. The Wallace initiative seeks to help strengthen this programming, ...
Ensuring Summer Isn’t a Vacation From Learning BY WILL MILLER
With this in mind, Wallace last year launched a $50-million initiative to see whether large school districts could successfully operate high-quality programs that replace summer learning loss with lasting learning gains, particularly for our least advantaged students. This summer marks the program’s second year with six participating districts — Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Duval County (Jacksonville, Fla.), Pittsburgh and Rochester, N.Y. The efforts vary in approach, but typically they offer children academic fare during the morning and enrichment, ranging from nature study to dance, later in the day. Some programs feature field trips or a big project such as a theatrical performance. One offers the occasional pizza or ice cream party. American Association of School Administrators
School Administrator is AASA's award-winning monthly magazine. It is delivered to every public school superintendent in the United States and provides big-picture perspectives and collegial discussions on a broad range of topics in education, leadership, instructional materials and resources unique to the education community. Jay Goldman, editor. Current Issue Differentiated Instruction
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