Enter to Win a Copy of "Pivotal Response Treatments for Autism"

Just a Reminder!

PositivelyAutism.com, the parent website of the Daily Autism Freebie, is having a contest to win a copy of the PRT book by Drs. Lynn and Robert Koegel and colleagues. More information is available here: http://positively-autism.blogspot.com/2011/09/enter-to-win-copy-of-pivotal-response.html

Pivotal Response Treatment for Autism: Communication, Social, & Academic Development

What to Expect at Halloween Social StoryTM

A Social Story about handout candy to children from home.

http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/socialstory_trickortreat.pdf

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Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden


From Seed to Pumpkin (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1) (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)

Halloween PECS Sheet

A sheet of picture symbols relating to Halloween. Could be used for a bingo game, for social stories, or for vocabulary development.

http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/as/october/halloweenbingo.pdf

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Halloween Fun Coloring Book

Halloween Safety Tips and Coloring Book

A printable book with safety tips for parents and a coloring and activity book with safety tips for children. From the New York State Police.

http://troopers.ny.gov/Publications/Crime_Prevention/halloweenclrbk.pdf

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Fun and Safety Light


Terror Town Halloween Flashing Character Necklaces

Spanish Support Group for Special Needs - Plano, TX

Nitchy Santiago will be presenting to the Spanish Support Group in Plano on October 15th at 7 pm. Learn about behavioral interventions and connect with other parents.

If you would like to attend please RSVP to: rosehenke@yahoo.com.

The event will be held at:
St. Mark's Pastoral Center
1100 W 15th Street
Plano, Texas 75075
Upstairs in Suite 202 or Suite 209

The sponsoring organization, The Behavior Exchange, is also having a Halloween party on Monday, October 31st. Please contact them through their website for more information: http://www.behaviorexchange.com/

Treasure Chest Point System

A token economy (behavior point system) with a treasure chest theme. I used this with my son, and he loved it!

http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/tokeneconomy_coins.pdf

More point charts and behavior support resources from Positively Autism are here: http://www.positivelyautism.com/free/06reinforcement.html

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Portable Token Rewards Board with 40 Tokens and 40 velcro dots for autism visual reinforcement system - ABA Rewards and incentives (pack of sets include behavior/family supplemental pack, shapes/colors, animals and numbers

Building Social Skills During Playdates

An article with great tips from North Shore Pediatric Therapy. http://nspt4kids.com/parenting/building-social-skills-through-play-dates/

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The Social Skills Picture Book Teaching play, emotion, and communication to children with autism