I have listed on the right side of this blog several websites that have been very helpful to us on our journey. Wrights Law is simply fabulous and has so much information for parents and educators (on both sides of the IEP table) it is almost sensory overload.
Lose the Training Wheels was created by geniuses who helped our daughter in 4th grade finally learn how to ride a bike....in one day! This allowed her to be active like her peers and bike riding dad and sister.
If you cannot find a social group in your area, please look into Model Me Kids videos. They use actual kids from grade school to junior high age and help model how to act in a club, as a member of a team, examples of how to compromise, how to tell someone if you are being bullied, how to act in the school cafeteria......just a myriad of situations. At the end of school, a teacher asked our daughter what she was going to do over summer vacation...."going to Mom's Social Skills Boot Camp"....and yep we did!
Love the Model Me Kids Videos! My child's social worker integrated them into their sessions. Purchased a few for home and she now seeks them out. She soaks the information up like a sponge. They also have an IPhone Application which is great for on the go.
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