Using Reinforcement to Build Hand Skills

Advertisements What is Behavior Modification? A basic principle in shaping or modifying behaviors is that people want to repeat an…

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Autism Spectrum Disorders and Handwriting

Advertisements Handwriting is arguably one of the most difficult fine-motor skills a young child is required to learn. Not every…

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Make Your Own Manipulation Snow People

Advertisements The possibilities are endless when cutting up plastic containers for seasonal activities. Here are a few easy to make…

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Fun and Effective Activities to Teach Buttoning Skills

Advertisements Dressing skills develop substantially during the 2nd year of life. They are wonderful bilateral activities! Repetitive, button manipulation activities…

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Executive Functioning, Autism and Hand Skills

Advertisements What is Executive Functioning? An excerpt from From Flapping to Function: A Parent’s Guide to Autism and Hand Skills.…

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From Patting to Pincer

Advertisements A fetus’s nervous system enables her to kick, push and reposition while still snug inside the womb. After birth,…

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Treating Individuals with Self-Injurious Behaviors

Advertisements What is Self-Injurious Behavior? Many children and adults with and without disabilities engage in what is called self-injurious behavior…

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