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Autism Parenting: Losing A Long Term Aide

My son has been with his school aide since kindergarten. Hes now in fifth grade. He has had his school aide for well over five years. Thats consistency. Why is consistency so important? When you find a good aide the goal is to keep that aide for as long as possible. What are you looking for in an aide? You like the aide personally, he/she seems to connect with your child, the …

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The Last Thing You Want To Hear At 1 AM

Your house alarm system is triggered in the middle of the night, you’re home alone with your kids. Quick. What do you do? 321go.The answer, probably, is that it depends. There is a decision process that happens in a matter of seconds and there some things worth considering, should you find yourself in this situation, as I did last week.As a little background: I took a course (NLS) to …