Parent Resources

Links checked 7-7-09

1. Autism and Family Life - Ideas and inspiration for handling the demands, challenges and opportunities that come with an autism diagnosis.
2. Autism Screening Quiz -Articles with information about 'red flags' that could be a sign that a Pediatrician or health professional should evaluate a child for autism or a related communication disorder.
3. Preparing the School for Your Child with Autism - Make sure teachers have all the knowledge they need to help your child.
4. Promoting Learning for Children with Autism - Many articles that help suggest the learning environments required by the growing number of autistic children.
5. Social Skills for Autism - Suggestions for classroom and home to help students learn hygiene and social skills.
6. Visual Supports - Creating Picture Exchange Symbols to encourage reading in every child, and pairing words in a system might help hasten acquisition of those printed words.
7. Visual Timetables - Here is an idea from a special education teacher, Nicole Mays, in Winder, GA, teaching a group of elementary school aged students who all have moderate to severe autism.