This book is meant to help teenagers with an Autism Spectrum Disorder develop mindfulness and awareness of their thoughts and actions. It details several imagination- and thought-based activities to deal with various situations and tasks in everyday life from anxiety to dealing with new experiences ...
This might sound like sensible, if mildly obnoxious, parenting. But I cringe now at the mistakes I made in imposing so many activities. When my daughter got bored with a Mindful Kids activity, I fretted about how she'd learn the skills I desperately wanted her to adopt. When she declined...
Through my blog I’ve talked with hundreds of adults who are either late-diagnosed, pursuing a diagnosis or questioning if they might be on the spectrum. Nearly every one of them has expressed the need to know for sure if Asperger’s or autism is the answer to why they feel different. ...
Educational Consultant offers mindfulness training, planning lEP, school to work, advocacy, navigating autism, social & inclusion. Formerly with SARRC
The current study evaluated the use of MYmind, a concurrent mindfulness program in which youth with autism and their parents simultaneously receive group s
Reducing stress in teenagers with autism by training in range of relaxation and mindfulness activitiesMany young people with autism experience a high level of stress in everyday living. This has an impact on their quality of life that persists into adulthood with a third of adults with autism ...
Throughout all of the exercises within the workshop, from the icebreaker at the beginning of the session to each of the activities within the session, participants were encouraged to use mindful awareness during the activity (i.e., noticing their thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, judgments...
We presume that MS had a statistically significant and larger effect on QOL improvement because the program aimed to incorporate mindfulness practice into a participant’s daily life by having them perform short practice multiple times a day and apply learned techniques to their routine activities. ...