Autism Parenting - Is This The Most Encouraging Thing For Parents Of Kids/Teens With Autism?

Hi Parents In Our Autism Community - You DESERVE some Encouragement

As parents, we know that our kids are the real heroes of their life-stories. Let’s be honest though, you are your little hero’s best supporter.

Get encouraged with the progress of our ‘Little Heroes’:

• Kim (12 years old) who now plays Minecraft most weeks with another girl who is her only friend. (What’s amazing is that she is never had a friend before).
• Aiden (8 years old) who now has more skills to handle his emotions when things go wrong after a big day. Now Mum says “Aiden’s meltdowns are usually lasting about 30 minutes, whereas he used to meltdown for a couple of hours.”
• Jayden (14 y.o.) has got a group of 3 or 4 good friends at school and they play together every day. Only 6 months ago, he was going from group to group at school, just unable to find acceptance. He said to me “Now I know how to have friends.”
• Brody (9 y.o) went on school camp a couple of months ago and had a really good time. Mum was super-prepared with the school-teachers leading up to it. However the real difference was that Brody now has more skills per handling his emotions and he has practice those skills a lot with the leaders in his social group.
• I could list out to you dozens of other children off the top of my head who are just flourishing. 



And here’s some easy-to-do things working for other parents:

• Making tech time (computer game time) a reward for doing therapies or social skills courses. (That's because our kids will use tech time anyway, so we may as well make it a reward.)
• Insisting on a routine of 15 minutes/30 minutes/45 minutes of outdoor playtime in the backyard (Because the exercise helps, it buys mum some rare ‘me-time’, and often kids enjoy themselves more than they think they will)
• Taking your child to the library and getting a bunch of library books (Reading is non-tech time (Goodness me!) that helps your child recharge alone, without the ‘hype-up’ factor that screens give).
• Describing social skills courses or therapies as “Leadership Skills Programs” when you go there. (Talking about “social skills” implies deficiency but “leadership skills” implies that others see potential in your child.)
• Watching “Cute Funny Animal Videos” as a family on You-tube (Our kids are going to watch something, so it’s healthier for them to watch something that won’t escalate them. animals are relaxing, funny and create a really happy vibe.

Hey Super-Mum or Super-Dad - we’re proud of you and we are right behind you. If there’s any way we can help your child with ‘Social Skills’ programs just ask and we’ll do our best to help. 

Remember we can help your family with programs like ‘Secret Agent Society’, ‘Peers For Teens’, ‘Boys Group’, ‘Girls Group’, Minecraft, Art Friendship group, and a bunch of others at www.amazingskills.com.au.

And remember that you are an awesome parent (Yep - you’re the sort of parent who reads an email like this to find ideas that can help your child.)

😊 Michael from Amazing Skills For Autism

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