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Understanding Men in Love

Understanding men is a challenge in and of itself, even though they claim we’re the complicated ones. A man in love is an even more complex being; so complex, in fact, that sometimes he may act like a woman. All those strange things he does make sense, somehow, if we can step back and look at him not as a man, primarily, but as a human in love, subject to emotion, passion, self-doubt, ecstasy and sappy poetry.

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The One Thing I’ll Never Understand About My Son

When I was a kid, I pretty much loved school. Learning was fun for me, probably because it came easily and because I did well. I never broke the rules, I never got in trouble, I did what I was told, and I loved the praise and the positive feedback that I got from my teachers. My husband, too, was a similar kind of student. As adults, we relate to each other in terms of …

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Children With Special Needs: Understanding Idioms

My autistic child is a very literal thinker. He is much more comfortable with the concrete; numbers, exact measurements, details about preferred topics, and proper names of things. Numbers are especially satisfying to him. He is confident with the concrete.

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Use S.E.A.T. as a Tool to Understand Your Child With Special Needs

S.E.A.T. What does S.E.A.T. stand for and why can it help you evaluate your child’s behaviors? S.E.A.T. stands for Sensory, Escape, Attention, and Tangible. It is my understanding that SEAT is a tool used to help understand your child’s behavior by attempting to break down undesirable behaviors. SEAT helps you discover the purpose or reason or explanation behind a behavior, or why it occurred and what lead up to that behavior. Why is this important?