In the attempt to get my Son-Rise home therapy program participant training automated - at least in part - I am recording and uploading training videos so i don't need to repeat myself with new trainees, who are mostly coming from UWM (Univ of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) and Marquette. As you recall, I have a "Training Pyramid" of I train people, and am constructing a website with an organized training library which I can put on for them to watch based on what I have that's available, with the intention of putting all my training online. For now I'll just post them how I find or record them but subscribe to my youtube channel and/or to this blog (see the "feed burner" box at left to do so), and you'll at least be able to see them as they come and decide if they have value for training people who are around your autistic child. Let me know if there are any topics you especially want dealt with and I'll do a post on it.
Today we're focusing on CELEBRATING INTERACTIONS, or what I often call CELEBRATING INTERACTIVE GESTURES, which can be any form of interaction, such as looking at you, helping you, talking with you, looking at your eyes, asking a great question (to you), etc. This video is after a first session - AFTER the INITIAL TRAINING (see that video here on my channel), where the trainee did little if any celebrating but did the other elements - (1) "The" attitude (loving, accepting, nonjudgmental, happy, and playful), and (2) joining in the "isms" (the child's autistic behaviors, those they do when withdrawing into their own world) - well. There are around 25-30 things I teach people about celebrating, but this is a typical first overview of the topic of celebrating interactive gestures - that are so hard for autistic people - in order to encourage them do do more of them. As you know there are pep rallies and cheerleader in sports for the reason that people observe that those encourage more efforts and enthusiasm of the participants. Your autistic child who is working hard to communicate and interact with you, would benefit from cheering and encouragement, too!
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