Part Three of Autism Live's 2023 Toy Guide Review. Here Shannon reviews more award winning toys from Autism Live's Festival of Toys. To see these toys and where to buy them, check out our YouTube page! 

In this episode, Shannon gives her reviews for the winners on the Autism Live Toy Guide 2023. This is part one and will be followed up by parts 2 and 3 in the next few weeks. 

Shannon Penrod, host of Autism Live and curator of the Autism Live Toy & Gift Guide for over 10 years shares her tips on what to look for when looking for a gift or toy for someone on the spectrum.  Should you get toys and gifts that play to a person’s strengths or weaknesses.  Tune in to find out.

In this episode, Dr. Granpeesheh takes questions from parents and gives advice on having a  successful Halloween. 

In this episode, Shannon shares the top ten things she learned at the recent TACA Conference. 

When bedtime is stressful no one benefits.  Shannon Penrod, host of Autism Live, shares her favorite tips for creating success at bedtime.  If you think you’ve tried everything and nothing has worked, it might be time to start over and try all of tips together. Which issue are you struggling with?  Your child won’t go to sleep?  Your child won’t sleep alone?  Your child will only sleep in your bed? Your child gets up multiple times?  Let’s talk about all of these scenarios and chart a course for good rest and peaceful bedtimes.

When bedtime is stressful no one benefits.  Shannon Penrod, host of Autism Live, shares her favorite tips for creating success at bedtime.  If you think you’ve tried everything and nothing has worked, it might be time to start over and try all of tips together. Which issue are you struggling with?  Your child won’t go to sleep?  Your child won’t sleep alone?  Your child will only sleep in your bed? Your child gets up multiple times?  Let’s talk about all of these scenarios and chart a course for good rest and peaceful bedtimes.

We all dream of having happy children that we can say, “Put on your shoes!  It’s time to get in the car and go to school!” and they just do it.  But when you have a child on the spectrum with a communication delay or disorder, it can seem like an impossible dream.  Even worse you hear horror stories about children who were taught to be compliant so the didn’t know how to protect themselves from other’s ill wishes.  It’s a nightmare.  None of us wants children who are just blindly compliant.  The question is, can you teach children, even those on the spectrum, to comply with appropriate requests while teaching them how to have boundaries to keep themselves safe.  The answer is YES, but it doesn’t happen overnight, so we should all get started.  Autism Live host Shannon Penrod shares her top tips for teaching compliance the right way, so they feel empowered to say, No! as well as saying Yes!