Autism Spectrum Resources

‌‌Spectrum Parenting

SPECTRUM PARENTING provides parents of children on the autism spectrum with tools and activities for helping children expand their social skills using play and social stories. Activities such as “Ways to Play” and “What to Expect” provide parents and children with a guide and context for learning the concepts of similarities and differences. Families also learn how to help children anticipate what they will experience when they transfer to a new community, home, installation, and/or school.

The SPECTRUM PARENTING series includes 29 videos and 9 print materials.

Tips for Parents

‌Getting to know Alyson
Getting a Diagnosis
‌Establishing your Priorities
‌Reason for Early Intervention
Every Parent is Unique
Progress
Use Visuals
The Bad Days
Importance of Play
Play for Responding to Change
When You Have to Move
Dealing with Anxiety
‌How Others Respond to you
Parents as Teachers
‌Autism or Kids Being Kids
Been Away from Home
Responding to Death
Working on Predicting

 

Ways to Play

Ways to Play Intro
Change a Thing
Colorforms
Memory Recall
What Can This Be? - Magic Stick
Using Found Objects

 

 What to Expect

What to Expect Intro