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9/15/2014

After maintaining this website for two years, I feel it is time to start getting some feedback. I hope that this blog can serve two purposes. The number one purpose of this site is to provide a support system for individuals and organizations serving individuals with special needs. The other purpose is to get feedback on the website including suggestions of new websites, books, etc. and reviews on how advice found on the site has impacted your lives.

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Ashley Seabrooke

10/30/2014 10:53:01 am

I came across a very informative brochure titled Bright Feats while waiting at USF for my daughter's autism appointment to begin. Many of you long time Florida residents may be familiar with this resource. I am new to Florida and North Carolina did not have anything like this. I quickly discovered that the information found in the brochure and a lot more can be found at the website www.brightfeats.com. If you are looking for local services in Florida, please check out this wonderful one stop shop for all special needs services in Florida.

Advice on writing struggles link

11/30/2014 02:10:18 pm

OT was a huge help for my daughter from 3 yrs old to 7 yrs old. However, there are sensory issues in which OT cannot help. My daughter like many others with Autism has sensory integration disorder, meaning she cannot feel how hard she is pressing on her paper. The OT gave her beautiful handwriting, but we still struggle with the time it takes to form the letters, keeping her ideas in her head while she is writing, muscle fatigue, and many others. So, the good news is she can write well, just not with pencil and paper. We vary and modify her writing assignments. In third grade she writes about one to two sentences on paper a day (not much). She is also learning to type via a typing tutor program and from typing her own work on occasion. She also dictates what she wants to write and also tells me how to capitalize and punctuate. The number one BEST thing is speech to text. Many apps are out there for this, but you can simply plug in headphones with a mic attachment and speak into a Google doc. The computer will convert the student's words to text, and the only typing necessary is editing for capitalization and punctuation.

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