Family Resource File: Autism

Jolie Williams Chd 216 Professor Hellstrom

Websites http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/index.html This website is a great resource for parents that may feel that there is something different about their childs development. This resource will help them to identify developmental milestones and find out where their child development is. http://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism This website is a good resource for information regarding autism. This website acts as an advocate for autism disorders and brings light to its many dynamics and challenges. http://www.autismweb.com/ This website is an awesome resource for parents! Not only does it explain the different types of autism but provides ways to play and teach these children, discusses particular diets and provides resources and ways to connect with other parents who are going through the same situation. http://autismnow.org/ Another great website that has articles regarding living with a child that has autism but is also a resource for adults with autism! It provide job opportunities and information that pertains to a successful, empowered life.
https://sites.google.com/site/autismgames/home I absolutely love this website! It not

only has numerous games for parents and teachers to play with children, but has videos to show the child and the instructor how to play. The website also explains the educational aspects of each game.

Articles
Article 1 Schoenstadt Arthur, MD. Signs of Autism. Emedtv. 17 September 08. Web. 10 December 12 Signs of Autism I like this article because it describes the basic signs of Autism. Having a basic guideline for any disorder can help parents to take the steps needed to have their child properly assessed and therefore, rule out a disorder or diagnose it. Parents are then armed with the right information to proceed with more education, if necessary. Article 2 Dryden-Edwards Roxanne, MD. Autism Spectrum Disorder ( In Children and Adults).Medicinenet. 21 August 12. Web. 11 December 12 Autism Spectrum Disorder ( In Children and Adults). This article serves several purposes in regards to autism: inception, detection, definition, and treatment. This information can help parents and teachers to understand the many aspects that pertain to autism. Article 3 n.p. "New Autism Research Highlights The Need To Help Children Make Emotional Transitions." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 3 Dec. 2012. Web. 10 Dec. 2012 "New Autism Research Highlights The Need To Help Children Make Emotional Transitions." This article talks about one of the main symptoms of autism and how it directly effects people suffering with autism in regards to transitions of situations. This article also list ways to make transitions more smooth and give you advice on how to go about implementing these changes.

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Article 4 n.p. "Autism Early Intervention Can Help Regulate Brain Activity In Kids." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 27 Oct. 2012. Web. 10 Dec. 2012. "Autism Early Intervention Can Help Regulate Brain Activity In Kids." This article emphasizes a new type of learning that can improve language skills in children with autism. This study discusses ways in which to make the brain think in traditionally normal ways, and can improve focusing and thinking processes. Article 5 n.p. "How Intellect And Behavior Emerge During Childhood." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 11 Nov. 2012. Web. 10 Dec. 2012. "How Intellect And Behavior Emerge During Childhood." This article talks about the mutations of the brain that cause developmental disorders like autism and how they effect children and their development. Definitely more clinical in its wording, but it can explain how to reduce autism is some people.

Games
Children with autism have a hard time grasping rules to games by adults just verbally relaying the information. This website https://sites.google.com/site/autismgames/home actually shows videos of how each game works. The intention is to be able to inform the teacher, parent and child how to play the game visually. Come Play with Me- Playing Animal Noses together Beginner: This is a very cute but basic game that has children and adults putting on different animal noses and making the sounds of the animals. Children with autism have difficulties matching items together. This game will help them to match the animal with the sound through play and imitation. Bop and Jump Beginner: A route game using the trampoline or bed. This game encourages play and has a lot of movement in it. You line pillows or beanbags around trampoline(mini) and you have the child jump and down while you say, Im gonna get you, Im gonna get you, Bop!. You then throw a soft pillow or ball and softly hit the child to where he falls on the pillow. An adult will then help the child up and he can do the same to you. Whats Your Rule? Advanced: Promotes moving in coordination and teaches the students to follow complex verbal directions. This game is an add-on to a very basic game that helps students to be able to change from one activity to another back to back: Run in place, now skip and then hop up and down. Whats Your Rule? Is a great game that promotes language skills. Everyone sits on a beanbag and until someone says or does the right rule then the students can move to the others beanbags. For instance, the teacher will say, Dads rule is that no one can move unless someone can name a bird. One student might say, a cat and then the teacher will say, no, the rule is a bird name. Everyone keeps guessing until the person guesses right, they all get to move. Drawing Faces Advanced: Draw a circle and ask the child to draw a sad face. Discuss the feelings behind a sad face and then continue on other faces, asking the same questions. This game will help with the understanding of feelings and the language to describe it.

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Hide and Find- Duck Where are You? Beginner: This game teachers children that words have meaning and that communication is important to relay all types of messages. In this game, you will need two cups and a toy duck. You hide the duck under one cup and put the other cup upside down as well. The teacher/parent will then say, Wheres duck? and then look under the empty cup. The talker will then say in a sad tone, No duck. The talker will then say again, Wheres duck? and then the talker will pick up the cup and look excited to see the duck. It is hard to teach children that words have meaning but just talking. Through this visual game you are showing them that words have meaning.

Community Resources

Milestones of Early Childhood Development (web resource) Virginia Department of Social Services I like this website for many reasons, but the main reason is that it is a quick resource to help you find information on what your child should be doing developmentally at the ages of infant through Kindergarten. Parents of Autistic Children: POAC-NoVA chapter http://www.poac-nova.org/
This resource is a great resource to unite you with a plethora of information and people in the area of Northern Virginia with concerns regarding autism . I like that you can be apart of something in a more direct way, yet be apart of an organization that is bigger.

Northern Virginia Autism Resources- website https://sites.google.com/site/northernvirginiaautism/

I like this resource because its local and has some pertinent information. It is a welcoming site with a lot of resources and books that they recommend. My only negative would be that some of the links are not valid anymore and that they should keep it up-to-date.