This year my daughter started grade one. Through her Kindergarten year and now this fall, we’ve been working with our school to create a program that meets her needs. We are very fortunate to have a school that is happy to learn about autism, about DIR/Floortime, and how to put it all together, but it has certainly been a learning […]
Read moreOctober is Autism Awareness Month in Manitoba! Join the Autism Society of Manitoba for the 6th Annual Walkathon. Saturday, October 13, 2012 Kildonan Park, North Shelters Registration begins at 11:00 am Walk begins at 12:00 pm Entertainment at 1:00 pm Bring your family, extended family, friends and neighbours – as always, some special fun is planned. There is no […]
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The air is getting crisp, and September is approaching… If you have very young children, maybe they’re getting set to enjoy nursery school or kindergarten. Their classrooms are child-centered – lots of opportunities to play with a variety of toys, to explore and learn at centres, to interact in small groups with adult support at the developmental level that they […]
Read moreWell, that doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as Floortime, but all the same, who wants to be indoors in the summer? Here is a list of activities I think might engage my children. My list doesn’t look much different than a list of activities for typical young children, but the difference is in the purpose. We won’t […]
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My barely 4-year-old son has been in the Autism Outreach program since the fall. As the end of the school year approaches, I’m thinking about how things have gone for us. Our program is based on DIR/Floortime, which encourages parents to reconnect with their children and then offer challenges to help them grow. It seems too simple to think just […]
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In a perfect world, if our children needed help, we would know where to go, have an immediate opening in the right program, and everything would work out great. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple for a lot of parents with children newly diagnosed with autism. First, for a shot of encouragement, read this: Welcome to the Club (A Diary of […]
Read morehManitoba Families for Floortime is a group of parents who believe that families should be the ones to decide on the best approach to supporting the growth of their children with autism – and choices should exist with reasonable resources to equip them to be effective. In particular, our goal is to provide information about developmental approaches to autism therapy […]
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