Author Archives: Trish

Married for over 16 years and mom of a six year old son with autism, I spend most of my time as my Little Guy's case manager/advocate/ cheerleader/everything else.

Thumbs Up for a Good Team Meeting

Well, we had the team meeting I posted about last week. I was pretty happy with how well it came together, especially when the gym teacher replied to the email and said that she was interested in attending the meeting or in somehow getting some assistance working with Michael. The autism consultant, who is available…

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Try This Tuesday #27: Teaching Impulse Control

Wow, what a great response last week to the topic of getting a pet. Thank you all for sharing your thoughts and experiences on the subject – it was really helpful to me and to others as well, I’m sure! Topic Suggestion for this Week: Teaching Impulse Control This topic was requested via the comments…

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Taking the Lead

I realized just the other day that we have not had a team meeting at my son’s school since mid-October, despite the fact that we had planned to meet every other month. The Learning Support Teacher, who is the lead person on the IEP, is also supposed to review the forms so that emerging issues…

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Try This Tuesday #26: Getting a Pet

As I mentioned last week, I will be giving a topic suggestion each Tuesday to write about. Of course, it is just a suggestion; you are still welcome to write about any topic you wish. Topic Suggestion for this Week: Getting a Pet How did you decide whether getting a pet would be good for…

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Act 62 – What Will It Really Mean for Pennsylvania?

Before I get into my post for today, I promised that I would announce the topic suggestion for next week’s Try This Tuesday ahead of time. Of course, you can still post about anything you want, but if you are so inclined, this week’s topic will be Pets. How do you decide whether getting a…

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Try This Tuesday #25: Changes

As I mentioned in my post last Friday, I am extremely grateful for everyone who participated in Try This Tuesday during 2008. Thank you for all of your insights and experiences which have helped all of us, including and especially me, become better at what we do. One idea I had for the coming year…

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Looking Back and Moving Forward

As I look back over 2008, I am amazed by the changes this year has brought in my life. And the biggest change by far has been my introduction to the world of blogging. I had no idea when starting Another Piece of the Puzzle last January that I would connect with so many other…

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Try This Tuesday #24: 1-2-3 Magic

Over the years, I have become quite disenchanted by typical parenting and child discipline books. A lot of this had to do with the process of learning where my son was developmentally and how to communicate clearly with him so that he would understand what was going on around him and his part in it….

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Autism Night Before Christmas (A Poem)

This poem was sent out earlier this week via AutismLink and was written by Cindy Waeltermann, who is the founder of that organization. I loved it so much that I asked her for permission to reprint it on my blog, which she granted. In rereading the poem, it touched me even more and I wanted…

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Try This Tuesday #23: Accepting Help

I don’t have any amazing new strategy or must-have item to make your life easier this week, just a story about what happened to me this weekend. I hadn’t been feeling too well since last Monday, but assumed it was just a really bad cold, so I said goodbye to my husband as he went…

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