Tag Archives: Autism

Metacognition for self-esteem, self-regulation, academic success

Metacognition for self-esteem, self-regulation, academic success Did you know metacognition instruction has been identified and validated as a key method for improving self-esteem, self-regulation, academic success, and test scores? I have this little book called Mr. Daydream I sometimes read to children who seem to daydream in school and miss instruction. It’s pretty short and […]

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Autism, Engineers: Thinking in Pictures or Words?

Coronavirus Kid Care Kit detailing how to reassure kids in crisis by age group, structuring their day, menu of offline at-home activities, and managing technology use. Children with special needs and behavior problems stuck at home without structure can push their parents to the edge. Send them this free resource. Thinking in pictures vs. thinking […]

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Have enough strategies for kids who struggle? ADHD, Autism, Anger, Anxiety, Giftedness

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Silly question, right? How can you ever have enough to stop the madness when it comes to the ways adults often interact with children who have differences? We can make it better. We can train adults in more loving and effective methods, and we can teach children emotional coping skills, social skills, and better ways […]

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Harness the power of stories to help people heal and get unstuck

Ever wonder why people get “stuck?” Is it fear of change? Staying in the comfort zone of what you have gotten used to, even if it’s not really what you want and dream of? Listening to the internal critic and pessimism, resigning yourself to helplessness, in effect giving away your power to change? Or maybe […]

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Autism Aspergers Syndrome PDD-NOS book excerpt

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Autism/Asperger: Understanding from the Inside Out Autism Aspergers Syndrome PDD-NOS Book I read some years ago in my NASP(National Association of School Psychologists http://www.nasponline.org/resources/ ) handbook that “autism is a lifelong disease. “ I think this is misleading from two standpoints. First, it’s not a disease. It doesn’t get worse as time goes on, it […]

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Solution Focused Counseling Techniques

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Solution Focus There’s a problem inherent in counseling people about their problems. The risk is that we are modeling and training to notice and focus on failures and problems. As soon as one gets better another is chosen or created. One way to overcome this risk is to be solution focused. In solution focused brief […]

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Counseling IEP Goals Menu

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Related Service Counseling and Counseling IEP Goals Menu (scroll down the page for the related service counseling IEP goals menu) Update: Telemedicine virtual online counseling now available here: https://www.bradmasoncounselor.com/ Coronavirus Kid Care Kit detailing how to reassure kids in crisis by age group, structuring their day, menu of offline at-home activities, and managing technology use. […]

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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Mind and Mood Control

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Thinking Errors Practice Your thoughts are so powerful they create your reality. Where do your feelings come from? What happens, or how you think about what happens? For example, it could start raining, and I could think, “Oh no- this is going to ruin everything, I’m supposed to go fishing!” I could be […]

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Behavior Management

Happy Cats or Sad Puppies?         Link to behavior management summary video here.   Focus on Behavior Management This is a common complaint about many of the children who come to see me for help with managing behavior. Anytime we have disruption in our lives from stress, depression, grief, change, ADHD, and […]

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Behavior Management in a Group- Chaos to Order         Video preview of group in action; video link. Goals for early elementary social skills groups ages 4-8 •Keep your body and brain in the group •Visual referencing •Synchronizing your behavior w/others •Sharing control •Willing suspension of disbelief •Use words and follow directions to […]

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