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Trust your child’s red lights!
By Brandi Davis, Son-Rise Program Child Facilitator While in the playroom, my friend gave me a Red Light and then continued to do so for 2 hours. I, of course, followed his lead and used our
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Help your child play with you!
Use What Your Child Currently Loves To Do As A Way To Help Them Play With You! By Brandi Davis-Son-Rise Program® Senior Child Facilitator I would love to share with all of you how I helped our
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Four Reasons to Stop and Listen When Helping Your Child Talk
Imagine that your child is already trying to talk. Now, entertain the idea that your son, or daughter may already be saying words, or parts of words. Open your heart up to the belief that your
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Determining if your child is ready for play
Help With Determining If Your Child Is Ready To Play: In The Son-Rise Program® we talk about Green Lights and Red Lights. If your child is giving you Red Lights they are indicating to you
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Three Ways to Help You Feel Energized and Excited When Helping Your Child!
Countless families have asked me over the years how I remain so energetic when helping children on the Autism spectrum. I’ve heard variations of: "How do you do it?" "How
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Tips for Introducing New Toys and Games to Your Child with Autism
Do you find that your child has a challenge with playing new games? Are they controlling when you introduce a new toy, or prop? Do they say “no,” or take those toys out of your hand?
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How to set boundaries with our children in a Son-Rise Program way
Setting boundaries is an essential part of parenting and it’s a very important piece of helping our children grow to be healthy, well-functioning adults. Setting boundaries is an act of
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Focus on Fun First!
A few reasons why The Son-Rise Program® focuses on fun first! Your child wants to have fun just like other children do! Children on the Autism spectrum may need to take care of themselves and
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Giving Your Child Explanations
Explanations are the key to opening up countless doorways of success for your child: Before you continue reading this article, take some time to reflect on the question that I am about to ask
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Organizing Your Child’s First Playdate
So the time has come, it’s the moment you have been waiting for, your child is ready for some peer interaction…their first play date!!! (Or “hang out session” if your