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Learning with your Child at Home

In the second lesson, I introduced the theme of Learning with your Child at Home. I will organize future lessons around this theme. While some parents decide to homeschool their neurodivergent child, others send their child to school. Regardless, learning with parents at home is important for the development of any child. Parenting a child with developmental delays and learning challenges…

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The ABCs of LIFESMART Parenting

The ABCs of LIFESMART Parenting: Parents and Professionals Learning Together How can we best share what we have learned over the years with parents? How can we work with professionals to create useful resources for parents? How can we create an ecosystem for parents and professionals learning together? This week has been an exciting one for us! The answers to these questions are taking shape as…

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How Ananth and I Explore Service-Learning Together-1

Service-Learning series (part 1) by Dr.Dasaratha Rama and Ananth Raghunandan Over 25 years ago, I was the editor of a monograph on service-learning published by the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE). This monograph was a part of a series of monographs on service-learning published by AAHE. Service-learning integrated community engagement and academic learning. Integration of…

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Daily Rhythms: A LIFESMART Perspective

Daily Rhythms: A LIFESMART Perspective Routines provide structure and predictability. However, life is often unpredictable. Rhythms are more flexible and fluid. What would a healthy daily rhythm look like? Does your child have a balanced and healthy daily rhythm? What kinds of activities should be included in the day? This post is an updated version of an earlier post on daily rhythms. I have…

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How Can Parents Take Short-term Focused Action to Support their Child’s Long-term Development?

Part 1 – Implementing 100-Day Projects The process of parents learning with their neurodivergent child at home and supporting their child’s development through experiences outside the home is dynamic. While parents have long-term goals in mind, they must observe, see what is doable and worth doing, and decide on next steps. The daily Routine, 100-Day projects and monthly plans are three…

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And the answer is…

And the answer is… A speech and language therapist used to play a game with Ananth. The game was called “And the answer is…” Regardless of the question posed by one participant, the second participant always responded with the same answer. This is my experience with Ananth over the last 20 years! Regardless of the outcomes of interest, challenges, opportunities etc. we seem to end up with seven…