I was recently shown this video of Christian the Lion. I was completely inspired by what I saw. The best part for me, relates to The Son-Rise Program. The two men who raised the lion were told not to have any hope of him remembering them. Many times families that I work with are told…
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A Game to play with your child. A new version of hot or cold. Goal: To help your child read facile expressions of others. Game: 1. Hide something of interest in the room you are working with your child. If your child likes sharks you could hide a picture of a shark, if your child…
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Recently I have been talking to a number of parents who think that they have a time limit on how long they can help their children. One Mom said that she is nervous because her child is 12 years old, and she has only 2 years left until he is 14 to help him make…
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Hullo wonderful friends! I want to share an beautiful experience I had in the playroom today. The past two weeks our staff here have been lucky enough to work with the most incredible 32 year old man. His mum (a true Force of Nature!) is committed to starting a Son-Rise Program for him, still seeing…
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“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” – Antonie de Saint-Exupery. Again this speaks to The Son-Rise Program, taught here at The Autism Treatment Center of America. The…
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Today is a great day, my niece is 8 today, she is a lovely lively chatty and completely delightful lady who is a shinning example of giving gratitude and loving without restraint. Today I wake up to a very early morning call (she lives in England, America is 5 hours behind English time!), I picked…
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Dearest most amazing teachers, guides and friends, It is my huge privilege and honour to train at the Autism Treatment Center of America (TM) as a professional Son-Rise Program Child Facilitator. I want to share with you my huge and heartfelt gratitude for the beauty and power of The Son-Rise Program. I want to share…
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Hi Everyone! Check out this incredible video. I met these parents through The Son-Rise Program when they started their program with their son Adrian. What I love about the video is that it highlights the fact that there is hope from recover from Autism, a view also shared by our staff at The Autism Treatment…
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“We must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful mean” M.L.King. The Son-Rise Program does just this. We are about helping Autistic and Aspergers children be able to interact and…
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This letter arrived last week from a Son-Rise Dad whose child went from on-the-spectrum to off-the-spectrum in just 17 weeks. Truly a miracle! Hi Bears, Hope you are well. My name is William Dunne and I live in Belfast, Northern Ireland with my wife Shauna and two children: Ronan (7) and Lorcan (3). Lorcan was…
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