As parents, we want what is best for our children yet, at the same time, we have a certain pride and social norms that we live by which can make identifying signs of autism in our children quite uncomfortable. There is no owners’ manual when it comes to...
UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP FOR YOUR CHILD Everyone needs sleep. Babies, teenagers, and even adults need a minimum of 7-8 hours a day in order to function. While sleep helps you stay awake and go about your day, it is also important for your health. Studies...
What is missing at My Favorite Therapists’ children’s therapy center? Hopefully nothing. We carefully considered, planned and combined the knowledge, experience and input of therapists, parents and professionals to create a progressive, state of the art pediatric...
One minute, our sweet little boy is smiling and happy and playing nicely and then, in the blink of an eye, he can start to scream, tantrum and throw the kitchen chair back on to the floor. We don’t know what it is that set him off. We don’t know what triggered that...
Many families know that ABA THERAPY benefits children with autism. ABA stands for Applied Behavior Analysis, a scientifically based and systematic method for helping a child to progress with daily life skills and functioning. How many of those families know about...
