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Should we work on social skills
Social skills goals have long been a primary therapy focus for autistic children, teens, and adults. In recent years, the autistic community has expressed discomfort with many current pragmatic therapy practices, particularly those that work to imitate neurotypical mannerisms and mask autistic behaviors, mannerisms and feelings.
manifest magic
Flash back to late March of 2020. Pediatric therapists and teachers across the country were just receiving word that our jobs were transitioning to an online format. We, much like many pediatric therapists in the world, had never conducted an online session in our career. Just thinking back to the self-doubt we experienced in those initial weeks is enough to make us shudder. Are we able to do this? Do we have the training for this? Will our kids make progress?