http://www.davidsgift.com.au Davids Gift | Parenting stories for parents of Autism and Aspergers Syndrome children. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:15:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2012/01/back-to-school-asd-style/ http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2012/01/back-to-school-asd-style/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:15:27 +0000 admin http://www.davidsgift.com.au/?p=1761 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } The first few weeks back at school for children on the Autism Spectrum can often be a mixed bag of emotions. Returning to the routine, often the desire to ‘fit in’ and make new friends, and teachers returning to school feeling more energised can be enough to make the first few weeks back at school less stressful than [...]]]> http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2012/01/back-to-school-asd-style/feed/ 0 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2012/01/teaching-asd-children-manners-3-tips-to-help/ http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2012/01/teaching-asd-children-manners-3-tips-to-help/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:22:26 +0000 admin http://www.davidsgift.com.au/?p=1722 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2012/01/teaching-asd-children-manners-3-tips-to-help/feed/ 0 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2012/01/3-tips-using-the-holidays-to-create-great-asd-stress-strategies/ http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2012/01/3-tips-using-the-holidays-to-create-great-asd-stress-strategies/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:57:50 +0000 admin http://www.davidsgift.com.au/?p=1703 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } The holidays are an ideal time to relax, and often you can actually feel the stress leave your body as you become more relaxed. However, a child on the spectrum often has difficult in recognising the actual physical changes they experience when relaxed and when stressed and often unable to articulate it. By using ‘down-times’ [...]]]> http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2012/01/3-tips-using-the-holidays-to-create-great-asd-stress-strategies/feed/ 0 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/12/asd-obsessions-do-we-really-understand-them/ http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/12/asd-obsessions-do-we-really-understand-them/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:57:54 +0000 admin http://www.davidsgift.com.au/?p=1676 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/12/asd-obsessions-do-we-really-understand-them/feed/ 0 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/12/asd-feeling-the-emotion-before-others-do/ http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/12/asd-feeling-the-emotion-before-others-do/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:58:31 +0000 admin http://www.davidsgift.com.au/?p=1649 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } One of the things I have learned about being the parent of a child on the spectrum – is that it is just that, a spectrum.  Whilst people talk about varying degrees of autism, or where the child sits on the spectrum, I have found that an ASD child can move from one part of [...]]]> http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/12/asd-feeling-the-emotion-before-others-do/feed/ 0 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/10/asd-3-quick-tips-to-help-survive-term-4/ http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/10/asd-3-quick-tips-to-help-survive-term-4/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:49:06 +0000 admin http://www.davidsgift.com.au/?p=1594 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/10/asd-3-quick-tips-to-help-survive-term-4/feed/ 1 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/09/keeping-an-eye-on-our-asd-kids-during-911-anniversary/ http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/09/keeping-an-eye-on-our-asd-kids-during-911-anniversary/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 06:37:06 +0000 admin http://www.davidsgift.com.au/?p=1451 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/09/keeping-an-eye-on-our-asd-kids-during-911-anniversary/feed/ 0 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/07/5-ips-to-deal-with-asd-anger-frustrations-meltdowns/ http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/07/5-ips-to-deal-with-asd-anger-frustrations-meltdowns/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:39:23 +0000 admin http://www.davidsgift.com.au/?p=1427 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/07/5-ips-to-deal-with-asd-anger-frustrations-meltdowns/feed/ 4 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/06/the-top-4-strategies-to-empower-your-child-against-bullying/ http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/06/the-top-4-strategies-to-empower-your-child-against-bullying/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:14:07 +0000 admin http://www.davidsgift.com.au/?p=1407 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/06/the-top-4-strategies-to-empower-your-child-against-bullying/feed/ 0 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/06/teaching-children-with-aspergers-syndrome-the-emotion-of-love/ http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/06/teaching-children-with-aspergers-syndrome-the-emotion-of-love/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:19:39 +0000 admin http://www.davidsgift.com.au/?p=1380 http://www.davidsgift.com.au/2011/06/teaching-children-with-aspergers-syndrome-the-emotion-of-love/feed/ 0