This workshop is designed to teach parents and teachers how to help children with Special Needs adapt to their school and community environments with greater ease. If your child's behavior problems include limited self-help skills, aggression, self-mutilation, throwing self on floor, screaming, biting, difficulty going to a restaurant, doctor's office, and other necessary places, this workshop is for you! Some specific areas of focus for this workshop will include:
- Identifying and addressing environmental stimuli that may be offensive or irritating to your child that result in setting them off.
- Assessing your child's level of behavior difficulty and establishing developmentally appropriate goals and objectives designed to address the problem behaviors.
- Learn about developing Behavior Supports or SPECS (Structure, Physiological, Environmental, Communication, and Sensory issues) to help normalize and improve your child's behavior.
- Learn how to develop effective work and social schedules to reduce your child's anxiety and improve their basic self help skills (work, getting dressed, and ready for bedtime).
- Learn how to identify and address environmental sensory issues like lighting, noises, and temperature, and even certain colors may be contributing to your child's behavior problems.
We've all been through it. We’ve experienced the embarrassment of our children running and screaming in public places and refusing to go to certain necessary places like the dentist, department stores, or the mall. There are effective methods for dealing with these challenges. The solution is often times more simple than we think. Come and learn about common techniques that have been proven on hundreds of children with special needs that you can implement to help that special child in your life.
