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Raising Children with Autism: Demystification

October 31, 2016 lg-admin

Raising Children with Autism: Demystifying Classmates, Neighbours, Family and Friends The autism community has changed in a great number of ways over the past 23 years (the age of my son). For example, when Friend 2 Friend Social Learning Society started delivering our first Autism Demystification program in 2002 we were not “permitted” to use the […]

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Raising Children with Autism: To Disclose or Not to Disclose That is the Question!

October 26, 2016 lg-admin

I wish I had a dime for every time a parent of child with autism has asked me “should I tell” either the school, classmates and even sadly sometimes the individual themselves.What is disclosure? It is a noun that means “the action of making new or secret information known” (Wikipedia 2016). When you share with someone information […]

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Manic Monday Solutions #3 – Visual Schedules and Predictable Routines

October 19, 2016 lg-admin

  Supporting Smooth Transitions for Children on the Autism Spectrum Some transitions are more difficult than others. For example, the first day of school is much more anxiety provoking then just the average Manic Monday (insert Bangles chorus here).  We all feel transitions, we all stress about transitions and we all do things to make […]

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Embrace the Bunny! Peer Play and Friendships for Children with Autism Through Affinity Based Play

October 12, 2016 lg-admin

My daughter has an affinity for bunnies. No one understands the importance of honouring a child’s affinity better then the Friend 2 Friend Team. At Friend 2 Friend Play Centre for children with autism and their peers affinities are “a spontaneous or natural liking, intense interest, or unique knowledge of something”. I first met the Friend 2 Friend Team […]

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Manic Mondays Solution # 2: Embrace the Transition Object

October 4, 2016 lg-admin

Who among us does not have a cell phone? When you forget your cell phone at home – how do you feel? Cell phones are modern day conventional transition objects. My son has had some unconventional transition objects throughout the years. At three, his favourite was the local newspaper (entertainment section). Later he would carry […]

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Exactly What We Need to Hear (and Know) – A Parents View

September 28, 2016 lg-admin

When my son was diagnosed with autism I felt like our life was over. Having worked in the field as a behaviour interventionist many years ago, I could not see how the therapies I was aware of could serve my child. In my eyes, my child was perfect the way he was and I didn’t […]

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Manic Mondays Solution #1: Dangle a Carrot!

September 21, 2016 lg-admin

Parents of children with autism know all too well the difficulties our children experience with transitions. For many of us, the Monday morning transition back to school can be the most anxiety provoking, dysregulating transition all week. When my children struggled with those “Manic Monday” transitions I would create reinforcers, or as I like to […]

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Why is Friend 2 Friend Different – Read What a Parent Says

September 20, 2016 lg-admin

When my son was diagnosed with autism I felt like our life was over. Having worked in the field as a behaviour interventionist many years ago, I could not see how the therapies I was aware of could serve my child. In my eyes, my child was perfect the way he was and I didn’t […]

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Burnaby Pro D Day Seminar “Creating a Culture of Inclusion: Supporting Play and Friendships Between Children with Autism and Their Classmates”

September 15, 2016 lg-admin

Once again this year Friend 2 Friend will provide a free seminar to the Burnaby School District. Heather McCracken will be speaking Friday September 30 from 9-12 at Byrne Creek Secondary School 777 18th Street, Burnaby BC. "Creating a Culture of Inclusion: Supporting Play and Friendships Between Children with Autism and Their Classmates"  

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Creativity in Children a Source of Inspiration at Friend 2 Friend Social Learning Society

September 14, 2016 lg-admin

In a research article conducted last year, it was found that young children between the ages of 7 to 12 outperformed adults when producing creative ideas for smartphones. The children had ideas that were more original, relevant, transformational and applicable. We’re not surprised. At Friend 2 Friend Social Learning Society we are incredibly fortunate to […]

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Friend 2 Friend’s New Blog

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Check it out!!! https://friend2friendsociety.org/blog/

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