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Dr. Jonathan Tarbox, director of The Autism Research Group answers a viewer’s concern about her daughter with ASD eating paper. This is a condition known as Pica. Dr. Tarbox shares ways that we can effectively attempt to ensure a child’s safety who is engaged in this type of behavior.

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Danny’s Farm is a uniquely wonderful place where children with special needs have a safe opportunity to interact with animals large and small and where adults with special needs can find meaningful employment. Cathy Gott and her husband Jim Gott, a former Dodger’s pitcher, founded Danny’s Farm for their son Danny who is on the Autism Spectrum. Now Danny’s Farm offers a wide range of services and opportunities to children and adults of all abilities. For more information on Danny’s Farm visit: www.dannysfarm.org.

The music for this video was provided by The Conductors. For more information on The Conductors visit: https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/conductors

This video is dedicated to Danny Gott’s longtime companion dog, Ace, who often entertained the children at Danny’s Farm, and who passed away suddenly this summer.

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As our kids head back to school, we thought it would be helpful to share our template for a task completion chart. Task completion charts help kids visualize what they need to be accomplishing, when they’ve completed the task, and how close they are to being rewarded for it.

Smarty, short for smart art, is a monthly series showing the ways in which you can use art to bond with your child while practicing skills they are working on in therapy. Its real life application of lessons they are learning. This segment is sponsored by www.SkillsforAutism.com

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Dr. Adel Najdowski explains executive functions and how essential they are to success in an inclusion classroom. Often we focus on the academic goals needed to succeed in typical classrooms but executive function skills are often equally important and easy to address.

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Dr. Shah, a dentist and author of the new book Sam and the Sugar Bug, gives great tips on how to help children with special needs overcome their fears of going to the dentist. Oral health can be achieved easily by going to the right dentist and going frequently. Dr. Shah shares how we can make it easy!

Autism Live is a production of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), headquartered in Tarzana, California, and with offices throughout, the United States and around the globe. For more information on therapy for autism and other related disorders, visit the CARD website at http://centerforautism.com

Parent to parent, my child has a very limited vocabulary. How can I build my child’s language skills? How can I help my child find their voice?

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Parent to parent, I am worried about my child wandering away from me. How do I get my child to stop eloping? How do I make sure my child is safe?

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Parent to parent, I don’t know what to do when my child is tantrumming. I feel like anything I do reinforces the behavior. What should I do when my child is tantrumming?

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