Blog Posts
Daily Living Skills: A Key to Independence for People with Autism
SPARK recently featured the work done by our team that focuses on understanding the daily living skills profile in autistic teens and how the STRW intervention may lead to gains in these skills!
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Creating an After School Rhythm
Identifying the steps in a teen’s after school rhythm can make the transition from school to home a lot easier and more peaceful for the entire family!
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Tackling the Morning Rhythm with Your Teen
One great way to prepare for going back to school is to help your teen get more independent with their morning rhythm! This blog takes you through an example of how to do this with your teen.
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Recruiting Autistic Teens in the 11th & 12th Grades to Participate in a Research Study on the STRW Intervention
Learn more about a research study on the STRW intervention that is recruiting autistic teens!
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How to Talk to and Education Your Children About Money
Listen to a recent Good Inside podcast episode for some tips about how to talk to your children about money (including allowance!). We have also included some books that may be helpful to build your teen’s skills in saving, spending, and budgeting!
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30 Day Life Skills Challenge – COMPLETED!
Learn about how we finished the remaining life skills in our 30 Day Life Skills Challenge and how the whole family got in on the action!
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Halfway-Point of the 30 Day Life Skills Challenge
An update on what life skills my 11-year-old son has learned at the halfway point of the 30 Day Life Skills Challenge!
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30-Day Life Skills Challenge!
The 30-Day Life Skills Challenge can be a fun way to tackle the development and refinement of daily living skills!
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Creating a Morning Rhythm for Teens
Creating a morning routine can build independence as a teen completes everything they need to do from the time that they wake up until the time that they need to leave for school!
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I HATE Chore Day!
While family chore day has a lot of advantages, it is not uncommon to have to motivate your kids or build buy-in as it becomes a part of your family’s routine!
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Identifying Life Skills to Target
Figuring out what life skills to start working on does not have to be overwhelming! These resources will make it easy for parents to take this first step.
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Using Atomic Habits to Build Daily Living Skills
The book Atomic Habits by James Clear is a particularly helpful resource for teens and their families as they work on building age appropriate life skills!
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Results of a Clinical Trial of the STRW Intervention for Autistic Teens in 11th and 12th Grades
The results of a recently completed randomized clinical trial revealed that autistic teens who completed the STRW intervention gained 3-4 years of daily living skills!
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Setting Up a Family Chore Day to Build Essential Life Skills
Creating a family chore day can be a great way to not only help children develop key life skills, but also share the workload of the household among all family members!
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Back To School: How To Help Build Executive Functioning Skills
It is time to go back to school! The start of the school year can be both exciting and stressful. This may be particularly true for students who are transitioning into middle school or high school and have to juggle navigating a complex (and sometimes overwhelming) environment, figuring out the expectations of multiple teachers in […]
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The Silver Lining: Making the Most of Time at Home by Teaching Life Skills to Teens
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‘Adulting’ With Your Teen: How To Teach Important Life Skills
Cooking, cleaning and laundry may just feel like chores to you. But they are essential life skills that are necessary for your teen to learn so they eventually can live independently. Life skills encompass much more than daily chores. They also include personal hygiene, shopping, money management, employment skills and getting around in the community. […]
Read More"Practicing the life skills in our home has made a huge difference! I understand how to teach and encourage my son to work on cooking skills like packing his lunch and making dinner – even with our busy schedules."
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