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Today's tip for parents from two talented teachers comes from  365 Teacher Secrets for Parents  by Cindy McKinley Alder and Patti Trombly.                                                              #119 Until We Meet Again   "Two roads diverged in a wood and I— I took the road less traveled by  and that has made all the difference."  ~Robert Frost               The two roads Robert Frost was talking about came together and offered him a choice. In the biographical books you read to your child or that she reads herself, rarely (if ever) do the paths of favorite people from different books come together. Wouldn’t it be neat if they did? Could your child make that happen? Sure! Here’s how: 1.      Discuss with your...

  Excerpt from  Choice and Structure for Children with Autism  (McNeil) -  Chapter 1 Some Simple Strategies Some Simple Strategies I would like to offer some simple strategies that could be helpful. Don’t worry! I am not going to attempt to teach you how to make your home a strict Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) program. I simply hope to offer some ideas to organize your day and offer a better outcome than the dismal portrait described above. These strategies will assist parents in developing simple and safe routines and choices that will make long days at home more engaging, cooperative, and positively stimulating for children with autism, their parents and siblings.   Ideas that will help decrease boredom, protesting, and isolation, while increasing, engagement, interaction, and cooperation will be shared throughout this book. The chapters will have relatable life stories included. These stories will demonstrate the chapter topic and provide a foundation for...

  Gewanda Parker, author of  It Only Hurts When I Can't Run , talks about  The Power of Choice: Creating a Life of Purpose and Fulfillment - YouTube  in a recent video. Short and worth watching! A paperback edition of Gewanda's book is available at the  MSI Press webstore . For more posts about Gewanda and her book, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  X ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. Want to communicate with one of our authors? You can! Fi...

  Colette McNeil recently contributed an article, Autism Parenting Magazine :  Leading With Choice: Honoring And Empowering Autistic Children Find out how offering Structured choices to your child with autism can lead to easier and happier parent-child interactions. Check out the article  HERE . For more articles about Colette and her books, click  HERE .