Parenting Autism

This episode is a discussion about ways we maximize the results of Bryce's therapies. We also talk about "delay or denial", "overselective", and Bryce's recent spike of sobbing tears over unexpected things. It's not easy parenting a child that struggles with communication and processes information in a completely different way. It requires an extra dose of patience, compassion, and puzzle-solving skills.  

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now seven years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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This episode is a discussion about our autism journey headlines from the past month. We talk about how we celebrated his 7th birthday with his little friends for the first time. We share some tips that greatly reduced Bryce's "birthday party anxiety" and made for a truly wonderful day for all of us. We also discuss our progress with SIB's, our strategies as we play "chess" with Bryce and his behaviors, and our decision to use ABA services in a new way.  

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now seven years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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This episode is a discussion about our autism journey headlines from the two-week family vacation we took in Colorado. After being inside of the COVID bubble the past six months, we had to shake the dust off some of our parenting skills and tools with Bryce back in the "real world". Overall, he did amazingly well!! We are so proud of him! This trip was packed full of new experiences, places, people, and transitions with nine different hotels. Getting him outdoors and exploring nature was a major parenting victory and beautiful to watch as it unfolded during our two-week span.  

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now seven years old. We celebrated his 7th birthday in Colorado and again when we returned to Florida! ☺ His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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This episode is a discussion about our autism journey headlines from the last two weeks. We talk about Bryce's traumatic Urgent Care procedure as well an increase in "SIB" - Self Injurious Behavior. We hash out our decision as to whether we should continue ABA services at this time. We are struggling to find the right RBT to replace Miss Melanie and also figure out the right time for it on our schedule. With COVID-19 still affecting our social outings, it limits the opportunities to help Bryce with "real life" situations. 

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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This episode is a discussion about our autism journey headlines from the last two weeks. We talk about Bryce's first trip to the dentist office as well his new Cub Scout adventure. We also talk about "whack-a-mole" - Behaviors that we knock down that keep popping back up. We are in the middle of changing ABA techs which will be a big adjustment for Bryce. He's been with Miss Melanie for ten months and loves her. We are trusting God to bring the right person into our home to help him as we finish up this crazy year of 2020. 

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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This episode is a discussion about recent listener questions and sharing our experiences with Bryce. Topics include communication, traveling, excessive hand washing, writing letters & numbers, and reward systems. 

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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This episode is a discussion about our first year of homeschooling Bryce - He has completed Kindergarten and having fun in first grade now! ☺

We share how we researched for curriculums along with other tools we have acquired along the way this past school year. With so much uncertainty in public schools at this time due to COVID-19, we thought this would be a timely episode to share our first year experience. 

Stay tuned to the end to hear Bryce read an excerpt from one of his favorite books. 

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

Sight Words: https://www.amazon.com/Gamenote-Sight-Words-Pictures-Sentences/dp/B07S9R7K89

Pocket Chart: https://www.amazon.com/Gamenote-Classroom-Standard-Pocket-Chart/dp/B07T7TXNCN/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Gamenote+Classroom+Standard+Pocket+Chart+with+Hooks+-+34%C3%9744+Heavy+Duty+Hanging+Charts+for+Sentence+Strips+%26+Letter+Cards+%26+Word+Wall+%28Blue%29&qid=1595281373&s=office-products&sr=1-1

Are you ready for first grade game show game: https://www.lakeshorelearning.com/products/games/card-games/are-you-ready-for-1st-grade-game-showsup-sup/p/AA881/

Time4Learning: https://www.time4learning.com

Reading Eggs: https://www.readingegss.com

Handwriting Without Tears: https://www.lwtears.com/

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This episode is a discussion of how we have been helping Bryce conquer major fears like swimming underwater, water balloons, and "popping" sounds. 

We also interviewed a very special guest. Cassidy is one of Bryce's friends who has been a part of our social interaction therapy. You may be amazed at her ability to understand Bryce's emotions and needs, since she is only eight years old. These two have a special friendship connection that is an answer to our prayers! Our prayers are for him to have a deep friendship with at least one little girl and one little boy who will understand him, accept him, teach him, protect him from others, and provide him life skills that we are not able to give him as "peers". We love that she is "motherly" to him and genuinely cares about him.  

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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This episode is a discussion of how we are currently dealing with Bryce's spiked behavior of repetitive questions. We talk about what may be the reasons behind it along with some recommended ways to continue to help him in this area. 

We also talk about Chris' recent hiking experience and how Bryce did with him away for five nights in a row.  

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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This episode is a discussion of how there have been similarities between the pandemic and our autism journey ... Unexpected changes, isolation, loss of income, finding a cure, and more as well as similar opportunities to find silver linings. 

We also bring everyone up to speed on new developments in our little family during the month of May. Bryce's happiness is undeniable and brings joy to everyone who is around him! As always, we have some new behaviors popping up as others fade out. At the end of the day, we see and hear Bryce progressing with authentic love and happiness. We know we're doing something right and keep on rockin'. 

BONUS: Today, we celebrated Chris' birthday ... Bryce played his acoustic guitar and sang "Happy Birthday" for the podcast! The musical progress has been incredible and heart-warming. We are in awe each week and we watch him connect even deeper to his love of music.☺

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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