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Written by Dr. John Carosso Public outings with your child can be quite challenging and demanding, and there tends to be more outings over the summer recess. Children sometimes find the environment, whether it be a store or amusement park, to be over-stimulating, and want to carry-out the outing ‘on their terms’ rather than on yours. However, if you plan […]
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Written by Dr. John Carosso Are parents “bribing” their kids? Yikes! Parents often talk of “bribing” their child and, when they use the term, there is a sense of ‘doing the wrong thing’, making the situation worse, and even a sense of guilt. However, in actuality, when using the term, parents are often simply conveying the idea of giving their […]
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Written by Dr. John Carosso The Sensory Aspect The general conceptual idea is that kiddos with autism have difficulty filtering and processing stimuli in the environment; it’s just too much stimuli coming from all the different senses and that overload causes them to self-regulate with stims. Consequently, children may find the SSB to be very comforting. In fact, they find […]
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Written by Dr. John Carosso Confusion about the name, “self-stimulatory behavior” As you do your own research about “self-stimulatory behaviors” or SSB’s, you’ll find a tremendous amount of information that can be quite helpful. However, it also can be very confusing. You’re going to hear many things about this aspect of autism that often-times is contradictory. In fact, even what […]
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Written by Dr. John Carosso What does TEACCH stand for? It’s an acronym for the Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication Related Handicapped Children (quite a mouthful). It was developed at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in the early 1970’s by Eric Schopler. Okay, so what is it? The idea is that some kids do much better […]
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Written by Dr. John Carosso Let’s try an experiment Step #1 of the experiment: Think about your morning routine from the time you awaken in the morning till you get the kids off to school, or till you get off to work. Think only of the things you do for yourself to get yourself ready, not what you do to […]
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Written by Dr. John Carosso Good Tidings… The Christmas Holiday is magical; a wonderful time of year that spreads warm feelings and cheer in families and communities throughout the world. The celebration is well deserved, and we all tend to look forward to this very special time of year. But… Yea, there is a ‘but’ for many parents with kiddos […]
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Written by Dr. John Carosso The parent’s balancing act As parents, we want give our kids lots of kudos and praise, but we also want to be realistic and help our children to have an accurate self-appraisal so, ten years from now, they don’t end-up on American Idol making a fool of themselves because they think they have a particular […]
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Written by Dr. John Carosso Where we left off We had discussed, in Part I, the importance of your child’s relationship with God in enhancing his or her self-esteem. Next we move-on to the most important person in your child’s life. So, who is that most important person? Well, it’s you. Yes, go figure; you’re far and away the most […]
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Written by Dr. John Carosso What is the placebo effect? A placebo is something that has no active therapeutic properties and is given to a patient to make them think they are getting the actual medication. The placebo effect is that some patients, interestingly, actually get better when given the placebo. Medications are compared to placebo because, if not better […]
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