Saturday, April 25, 2015

A Hidden Oppurtunity To Minister To Families Affected by Autism


How Christ-centered hospitality can help families affected by autism.
Source: www.christianitytoday.com According to Nish Weiseth, autism can go unnoticed by onlookers, who might assume a child is merely misbehaved, unsocial, rude, awkward, or just plain weird. Weiseth says these traits can easily isolate the child and, sometimes, their whole family.

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The ELIJA School for Autism - Championing Hope, One Child at a Time (Video)
 

Working with Children with Autism: The ELIJA School is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting children with Autism, their families and the Autism community at large with science-based treatments utilizing the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). The ELIJA School is located in Levittown, NY. For more information, visit them online at: http://www.elija.org

More resources: 

Social Training with Peers Helps Kids with Autism | Science ...
https://www.autismspeaks.org/science/science-news 
To be enrolled in the study, the children with autism needed enough communication skills to follow simple directions and make simple requests with at least two- to three-word phrases. The half-hour play groups met, ...

A Swim Team for Teens With Autism - NYTimes.com
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/ 
A new documentary called “Swim Team” chronicles the Jersey Hammerheads, a swim team for children with autism.

Parent Training Can Improve Behavior in Children with Autism - Science Times
http://news.google.com 
Science TimesParent Training Can Improve Behavior in Children with AutismScience TimesOne of the biggest challenges that parents face with children with autism spectrum disorder is behavior and how to teach proper behavior to their children. Accordin ...



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