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General Resources, Parent Resources

Have an impatient child? Tired of tantrums when your child needs to wait? Learn a simple strategy to teach patience wherever you are!

Does this sound familiar? You’re sitting in a waiting room at the doctor’s office. Your child is crawling under the chairs, over your lap, and hanging upside down from the back of another chair. Your child keeps asking “How much longer??” and you’ve said, “Just another minute” for the hundredth time with no idea how much longer it really will be. How about this one? … Continue reading Have an impatient child? Tired of tantrums when your child needs to wait? Learn a simple strategy to teach patience wherever you are!

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Academics, Parent Resources

Folder Activities: A Great Way to Teach Almost Any Skill! *links to product

Folder activities are one of my absolute favorite strategies for teaching children at a wide range of ages and levels! Although many people think folder activities are only for basic skills (such as matching or spelling), in reality they can be used for children at any age or developmental level. File folder activities work well for even very complex skills (such as algebra, geography, or … Continue reading Folder Activities: A Great Way to Teach Almost Any Skill! *links to product

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Parent Resources, Social Emotional Skills

How Can I Help My Child Calm Down? (A free printables post!)

One of the most common reasons families come to The Behavior Buzz clinic is because children are struggling with emotional control. Parents report their child has inappropriate behaviors and they don’t know how to help. Children may show problem behaviors for a variety of reasons, but often these behaviors suggest that the child is feeling anxious or angry. When children have negative emotions (scared, mad, … Continue reading How Can I Help My Child Calm Down? (A free printables post!)

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Parent Resources

Handling too many toys!

An extremely common complaint in many homes is that the toys are over-running the house. Parents complain that there are toys in every room, and despite the huge number of toys available, their children constantly complain that they are bored and have absolutely nothing to do! The reality is, a lot of children really do have too many toys. They have toys in their bedroom, … Continue reading Handling too many toys!

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Social Emotional Skills

Facial Expression Pictures (free printables!)

I absolutely love these cut outs! They’re a great (FREE) way to help children who are struggling with recognizing facial expression. In addition to these fun and easy-to-use cut-outs, be sure to check out all my amazing products for helping build a variety skills in children by clicking here!! Recognizing facial expressions may be an area of difficulty because the child is on the autism … Continue reading Facial Expression Pictures (free printables!)

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General Resources, Parent Resources

Teaching new skills and how to fade prompts

Children engage in problem behaviors. It’s true of children with disabilities and it’s true of typically developing children. Part of growing up is learning which behaviors are and are not appropriate, and to figure that out, kids try out all kinds of behaviors. Most parents understand the basics of putting in place consequences to stop problem behaviors, but far fewer parents know the tricks to … Continue reading Teaching new skills and how to fade prompts

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General Resources, Parent Resources

Does your child constantly struggle transitioning away from a favorite toy to get anything else done? This is the $1 strategy you CANNOT miss!

I have been working with children with behavioral and developmental needs for twenty years. That means, over the past two decades, I have accumulated tons and tons of visual supports, systems, and strategies in my clinic. Some of these strategies are labor intensive to implement, some took a while to make, and some cost me a fair amount of money when I first bought all … Continue reading Does your child constantly struggle transitioning away from a favorite toy to get anything else done? This is the $1 strategy you CANNOT miss!

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Social Emotional Skills

Improving Social Skills Creatively with Friendship Stories (FREE printable included!)

One common struggle for a lot of my Behavior Buzz clients is knowing how to appropriately use social skills in their daily life. They especially struggle with how to talk with their peers and handle common social problems. This post focuses on a fun and creative approach for improving social skills in children. Elsewhere in my blog you’ll find information on games and activities to … Continue reading Improving Social Skills Creatively with Friendship Stories (FREE printable included!)

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General Resources, Parent Resources, Social Emotional Skills

How Can I Teach my Child it is Okay to Make Mistakes? (links to product)

Being comfortable making mistakes is hard, and many kids become extremely frustrated or angry when they do something wrong or get corrected. Some children may avoid trying anything hard because they don’t want to risk doing it wrong or making a mistake. Learning from mistakes, accepting mistakes, and learning it’s okay to make mistakes, like anything else, is a skill. And with a little support, … Continue reading How Can I Teach my Child it is Okay to Make Mistakes? (links to product)

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Academics, Conversation Skills, General Resources, Parent Resources, Social Emotional Skills

Surviving Summer

Summer is one of those things that we all can’t wait to have arrive, and then as soon as it’s actually here, we are stressed out and overwhelmed by trying to keep our kids busy for day after day after day! Sure, the idea of summer sounds great – lazy mornings, warm days, playing outside, nothing to do all day…but for many families, especially for … Continue reading Surviving Summer

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