Iwant to give a shout out to my friend, Sandy Nelson because she has just become an American Citizen! I am proud to share country with this amazing woman. Ours is an International family venture as well with two of the Busheys becoming citizens and, the news of Sandy brought back some fond memories. We have a special term for people like Sandy, coined years ago by our then three year old daughter, after she became an American Citizen. Malika was adopted from India and we applied on her behalf for citizenship about a year after her adoption was complete. As soon as she was officially an American, we started pointing out the American flag to her and we would always say, Sweetheart, that is your flag. Now you are an American Citizen. She would grin at the flag, basically with no idea of what we were talking about, but she would catch our enthusiasm. Soon, she was pointing out all the American flags as we drove and announce each time I am an American Cinnamon! So, Sandy, the Bushey Family officially pronounces that you, Dear Friend, are An American Cinnamon!
I don't know if you Consider Autism Games relevant to the education of a child with autism but that is the way I look at it. LINK Autism Leadership develops Graduate Level Autism Leadership Education Courses. If you are agree with our approach and mission, please consider sharing as we need awareness and participation to make an impact.
Why Games? is a discussion about why playing with your child is important and how structured games can make your play times more successful. Creating Common Ground is a discussion of how to get started with children who are not yet talking and often move away, ignore you, or protest when you try to play.
Not Too Easy, Not Too Hard is a discussion about how to find games that are at the right level of difficulty for your child.
You Need To Play....
Playing is like breathing, hugging, prayer--you need to play. Everyone needs to play.Playing is a means of growing attraction between any two souls. You suspect two people are falling in love if they start to play together.If you want a child to love you, learn from you, imitate you, communicate with you, enjoy you--then play with that child. Both of you will experience joy.
It sometimes helps, when one is trying to understand the meaning of a phenomenon , to see that phenomenon in a different context. Watch here as a Husky and a Polar Bear come together in play. Although not as dramatic, I recently saw a rabbit and a squirrel play together in my back yard. Who knew this even happened? Watching them, I felt they provided me with a confirmation, yet again, of the importance of play to the well-being of all beings who are capable of playing. Dr. Stuart Brown Director of the National Institute of Play, speaking in 2007 on Speaking of Faith, describes how play promotes trust, empathy, and adaptability to life's complications. I see the capacity to communicate and enjoy social interaction grow every day with children who have Autism Spectrum Disorders as they play with family and friends at the clinic where I practice. This blog and the companion web site, Autism Games are dedicated to inspiring you, fellow lover of a child with autism, to play in a thousand different ways and for a thousand different reasons with your child.
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I wanted to share this video and resource website with you.
http://linkautism.ning.com/video/link-video
http://www.linkautism.org
I don't know if you Consider Autism Games relevant to the education of a child with autism but that is the way I look at it. LINK Autism Leadership develops Graduate Level Autism Leadership Education Courses. If you are agree with our approach and mission, please consider sharing as we need awareness and participation to make an impact.
Thanks -Daniel
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