Category Archives: developmental disability

Teaching parents…parents are the vehicle to succeed


According to Ann P. Kaiser, PhD; Terry B. Hancock, PhD, teaching parents new skills to support the development of their young children with developmental disabilities is very important in the field of early intervention as there is considerable empirical evidence … Continue reading

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Sign Language for babies


Baby Sign language is early language development methodology to assist babies to communicate. It helps to know and understand what is baby thinking, wants and exactly going in baby brain. It has been a proven methodology to reduce frustration to … Continue reading

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Discrete Trial Training


Discrete trial training is a powerful technique for acquisition of new skills for the children with Autism or other developmental delays. Discrete trail is given in 3 points: Teacher based instruction Child based response Consequence/ reinforcement Discrete trial training is mostly done … Continue reading

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Aesthetic awareness…


Artistic language includes the expression about the object with one’s perspective. It is important to teach a child his own view about the world. The regular children talk about color, shapes, textures, taste is like making aesthetic choices. This is one … Continue reading

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Pretend play


Pretend play is an important developmental milestone in the child growth. It not only encourages the play participation but also encourages cognitive, communication, social and emotional development. 1. The easiest way to start pretend play is playing with dolls. Sometimes, … Continue reading

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Reinforcement and bribery…


Many a time parents ask me back “isn’t reinforcement mean bribery?”, when I talked to them about reinforcement and ABA. The answer is NO. Reinforcement works as a reward and it is given immediate after the completion of the expected … Continue reading

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How to reduce flapping…


Most of the children with Autism and developmental delays may enjoy flapping and tapping hands or watching fingers. These activities increase when they are excited. This is called “Stimming”, it is way of calming the arousal system. Stimming may increase … Continue reading

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Sensory activities for Olfactory system/ smell sense


Olfactory sense is associated with smell and it indicates what is good and bad smell. Smell sense is also associated with hunger and taste bud. Sometimes, we smell like pasta and we start drooling or likes to eat it. Most … Continue reading

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Dyspraxia


Praxis term means “action on will”, in lay man terminology “voluntary action”. We all human being plan before we act. We plan to act differently in same situation depending on the environment. But, most of the children with developmental delay … Continue reading

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Theory of Mind


Theory of Mind explains why a child with Autism have different understanding than a regular child of same mental age. Theory of mind explains both the functioning of brain as well as mind is different in children with Autism. It … Continue reading

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