In this video, Mary shows you how to assemble and use organizational boxes, which you can use with your child with autism to teach him/her purposeful play, academic skills, and other useful skills.

Organizational Boxes: The Video

This podcast, produced by a mom of a boy with autism, provides free or inexpensive strategies that parents can do at home to improve their quality of life. Play and engagement, eating and sleeping tips, vacations, visual helpers, sensory diets, goal-setting are some of the topics that will be covered. 

For free, downloadable files that accompany this podcast, including visual helpers, please see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LivingWellWithAutism. Thank you for visiting!

Kids & Family

In this six-minute, slide-show-style video, parents will learn a fun and easy way to communicate effectively with their children with autism.  This approach works with both nonverbal and verbal children.  It also enhances the relationship between parent and child, and increases compliance and skill competency.

Effective Communication with Children with Autism

In this short, slide-show-style video hosted by a mom of a child with autism, learn fun and easy ways to connect with your child with autism.

Engaging with Your Child with Autism

In this 11-minute video, Mary, a mom of a child with autism, shows you how to use visual helpers--such as picture cards and schedules--at home with your child with autism.  Download your own printable visual helpers from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LivingWellWithAutism, and also http://www.tinsnips.org.

Visual Helpers: The Video

It's our first month anniversary!  In this 5-minute enhanced audio podcast, Mary Fletcher Jones, the mother of an 8-year-old boy with autism, shares the achievements of the first month of "Living Well With Autism," provides a preview of upcoming episodes, reveals imminent podcasting improvements, and invites the audience to submit their comments, reviews, and suggestions.  Thanks to everyone who has subscribed or downloaded this podcast!  Please stay tuned, because there is more to come.

Organizational Boxes: The Video

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