What Does Mild Autism Look Like In Toddlers?
During the first two years of life it can be difficult to identify typical and not so typical behavior- especially if you are a fi...
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Get started with ABA: intake process
Task analysis is an essential part of ABA therapy that can help your child make great strides in development. Learn more about how...
Comfort Items for Autism: Supporting Emotional and Sensory Needs
Read about if your child with autism can be cured and other treatment options. Contact us for treatment options in your area.
Prompt Hierarchy in ABA: Nurturing Growth through Guided Learning
Experience the transformative impact of ABA hierarchy on nurturing growth through guided learning.
Discriminative Stimulus in ABA: Unlocking the Power of Cue-Based Learning
Learn how Discriminative Stimulus in ABA can enhance cue-based learning on our informative website.
Autistic Burnout: Understanding and Supporting Your Child
Find resources and guidance for parents to better understand and help their child with autistic burnout.
The Connection Between Autism and Seizures
Autistic children with seizures often need specialized care and therapies. Learn about autism and ABA therapy connection in this a...
Task Analysis in ABA Therapy: Empowering Your Child's Progress
Task analysis is an essential part of ABA therapy that can help your child make great strides in development. Learn more about how...
iPads, Parenting, and Children with Autism
Ever noticed how a child's face lights up at the sight of an iPad? There's something magical about those sleek devices. Click here...
Music and Autism: A Symphony of Connection
For those with autism, for whom traditional forms of communication can often feel like a distant language, music offers a particul...
Potty Training for Children with Autism: A Supportive Guide for Parents
Potty training is a significant milestone for any child, but it can be particularly challenging for children with autism. Click he...
Sleep Training for Kids with Autism: Practical Tips and Strategies for a Restful Night
Ensuring your child gets a good night's sleep is crucial for their physical, cognitive, and emotional development. However, for ch...
Dealing With Sensory Challenges During the Holidays for Children with Autism
As the holiday season approaches, families eagerly prepare for joyful moments. However, for families with children on the Autism s...
Nurturing Self-Care in Children with Autism
Parents often face unique obstacles in ensuring their child's overall well-being. Self-care, an essential aspect of life for every...
Back to School Tips for Children with Autism
If you're a parent of a child with autism, you know that the start of a new school year can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. C...
Rising Autism Rates in Massachusetts: A Concern for Parents and a Call for Action
The escalating autism rates amongst the state's children are more than just news headlines; they are the everyday realities of cou...
Autism, Advocacy, and IEPs in Massachusetts
When raising a child on the autism spectrum, the education system can sometimes feel like a puzzle with a few missing pieces. Clic...
Joint Attention in ABA Therapy
In child development, joint attention is the shared focus of two individuals on an object or event. Click here to learn about join...
Understanding and Overcoming Autism Food Problems: A Guide for Parents
Many children with Autism face unique food-related difficulties, such as food aversion, picky eating, food rumination, eating too ...
Pretend Play in Children with Autism: A Journey Towards Enhanced Development
Children with autism often approach playtime in unique ways due to differences in social interaction, communication, and imaginati...
Is Hand Flapping a Sign of Autism?
Hand flapping is a version of stimming that involves a repetitive hand movement. While it can be a sign of autism, it isn't always...
Signs of Autism in Girls
Signs of Autism in girls are often overlooked due to them being more socially acceptable. Learn what Autism symptoms to look for i...
Is Autism Genetic?
Raising a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder is complicated and can bring unexpected challenges to parents. One of the most commo...
Fireworks and Children With Autism
Children with autism who have sensory processing difficulties often experience their environment in a unique way. With the Fourth ...
Helpful Responses to Unhelpful Comments: Navigating Rude Remarks About Your Child with Autism
"Why is your kid acting so weird?" Such moments can be both upsetting and disheartening. Click here to learn some helpful response...
Tips to Boost Emotional Regulation in Children with Autism
Navigating the realm of emotions can be challenging for children with Autism due to difficulties in social communication, sensory ...
Recognizing the Early Signs of Autism in Babies: Awareness, Assessment, and Early Intervention
Signs of autism in babies can be subtle and challenging to identify, especially for first-time parents who might not be familiar w...
Autism & Anxiety: Understanding the Connection and Finding Solutions
Seeing your child with autism struggle with anxiety can be tough. That's why it's crucial for us to understand the connection betw...
10 Books You Need To Read As A Parent of A Child With Autism
Parenting children with autism requires patience, understanding, and a willingness to learn. Many resources are available for pare...
Our Community Can Be Educated To Better Serve Children With Autism
We understand the importance of creating an inclusive environment for autistic children to feel respected and loved. In this blog,...
Facts About Autism Awareness Month and Why It's Important
Autism Awareness Month was originally started by the Autism Society. Their mission was to bring awareness and support to individua...
20 Inspiring Quotes About Autism Every Parent Must Read Today
Parenting can be very challenging, especially for parents of children with autism. We're sharing our top 20 inspiring quotes about...
Unveiling the ABCs of Behavior
Autism can often be a challenging experience for parents, and it's often hard to understand. In order to support your child, it's ...
6 Things That Can Offer Peace of Mind if Your Child is a Sensory-Seeker
Children with autism often exhibit sensory sensitivity behaviors, but they can also show sensory seeking behaviors. This can look ...
Accepting the Autism Diagnosis: 5 Steps of Grieving
This blog explores the five stages of grief, how to copy with them, and specific strategies for accepting your child's autism diag...
Parents of Children with Autism Can Reduce Parenting Frustrations with this Mindset Shift
Parents of children with autism have plenty of daily frustrations and anxieties that make life difficult. Luckily, the ABA therapy...
Creating Lasting Connections Through Fun Activities: Ideas for Parents and Their Children with Autism
As a parent, you want to a have a special connection with all of your children. While there may be some barriers to creating this ...
Tips for a Sensory-Friendly Holiday for Children with Autism
The holidays are upon us and we are buzzing around trying to prepare in advance to make all of our gatherings a joyous time to rem...
How to Manage Stress As A Parent of a Child With Autism
There are so many things to consider when you have a child that is diagnosed with autism. Most parents report that they are initia...
Ultimate Gift Guide For Children With Autism
The best gift ideas for the holidays for children with autism are the gifts that teach, soothe, entertain and keep a child’s inter...
Unraveling the Myths: Debunking the Controversy Around Immunizations and Autism
Immunizations have existed for centuries, but many parents still remain cautious about vaccinating their children. This is spurred...
How To Effectively Communicate and Speak To A Child With Autism
While many children with autism have difficulty communicating verbally, that doesn't mean it's impossible to communicate. ABA ther...
How to Find Autism Daycare Centers in New Jersey
Parents of any child know the struggle of finding a trustworthy person or daycare setting that will not only be affordable but can...
Rigidity In Behavior: The Good, The Bad, & How to Tell the Difference
Rigid behavior and inflexible thinking are common things for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, but it isn't all bad. Learn h...
The Collaborative Approach: Behind the Scenes of ABA Therapy
There's more behind ABA for kids with autism than meets the eye. Click to learn more about the collaborative approach behind ABA t...
How to Create Structure and Routine for Your Child with Autism over the Holidays
As ABA therapists, we know how important structure and routine are for kids with autism during the holidays. We're sharing practic...
Is It Ever Time To Give Up Trying To Get Your Child with Autism To Build Connections and Keep Up With Their Peers?
Parents of children with autism often struggle with helping their child build connections with others. We know how exhausting that...
What Role Do Parents Play In ABA Therapy?
Learn why one of the most significant factors that determine a child’s success with ABA therapy is how invested the parents of the...
Autism vs. Autism Spectrum Disorders: What is the Difference?
Autism Spectrum Disorder and Autism are often used interchangeably to mean the same thing. In reality, these terms mean something ...
High-Functioning Autism: What It Means and How to Deal With It
The modern understanding of autism is a spectrum, which means it looks different in everyone. However, autism is autism, and child...
When Is My Child With Autism Ready For Kindergarten?
As parents of a children with autism, there is a lot to worry about when it comes to starting kindergarten. So how do you know whe...
Supporting Children with High Functioning Autism at School
School is back in session! While adjusting to life back at school can be hard for any student, those with autism have specific dif...
Autism Behavior Checklist: Early Signs and Symptoms of Autism
While every child has their own development experience, there are certain signs and symptoms to look out for that can point to ear...
Stimming In Autism: What Parents Need To Know
Stimming is one of the key characteristics of autism, but many neurotypical people do it too, albeit subtly. The word stim comes f...
The Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism in Children
Autism can be challenging to diagnosis, because every child experiencing the symptoms differently. Autism exists on a spectrum, so...
The Connection Between Autism and Depression
Every once in a while we may find ourselves feeling a bit sad or overwhelmed. Maybe it’s a heavy feeling or just a general sad fee...
Is Food Aversion a Sign of Autism?
Toddlers can be picky eaters. Most toddlers seem to thrive on goldfish crackers, juice, milk, and chicken nuggets. Or as many moth...
The Importance of Social Skills Therapy for Autism
Most new parents have experienced a time when their own child or someone else’s child was that “one” child that was causing major ...
5 Ways Teachers Can Help Children With Autism In The Classroom
The number of American children on the autism spectrum increases every year. New Jersey diagnosticians are finding that 1 in every...
How To Connect & Give Attention to Your Child Who Doesn't Connect with You
One of the most incredible challenges of raising children with autism is accepting that the emotional connection and need to expre...
10 Outdoor Activities and Trips in New Jersey for Children With Autism
If you have a child with autism, you’re probably aware of the importance of having access to sensory-friendly places. This can be ...
8 Coping Strategies For Sensory Overload In Children With Autism
As parents of children with autism, we’ve all seen children with autism experience sensory overload first hand. It’s not something...
How Does My Parenting Style Affect My Child's Behavior?
While there isn’t always one right way to parent, the parenting style we use can have a large effect on our child’s behavior. Espe...
Why Does ABA Therapy Get a Bad Rap?
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is the the most popular and controversial therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)...
5 Toys to Help Sensory Regulation in Children with Autism
Every parent has experienced the earth-shattering tantrum at the store when your child screams and curls up in a ball. For those w...
How Does a Child with Autism Affect Siblings?
As a parent, it can be difficult to meet the needs of all of our children. Here are some signs that your kids may be feeling jealo...
Who notices Mom’s unconditional devotion to the needs of her child with autism?
Does anyone notice Mom’s unconditional devotion to the needs of her child with autism? Thanks to Circle Care's Giveaway, she now k...
Giving Noncontingent Attention To A Child After A Long Day
We know how exhausting it is to be a parent, so Circle Care has gathered some ways to give give noncontingent attention to your ch...
What Is Chaining & Why Is It Important?
Chaining is a method used in ABA therapy that helps children with autism and other developmental disorders to learn how to perform...
Road to Resources: The Arc & Circle Care Services
For so many families in New Jersey living with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including Autism Spectrum Disorders, t...
How Does Autism Affect Marriage?
Most of us enter a marriage with every intention of staying married “til death do us part”. It would be next to insanity to get ma...
Transitioning your autistic child from season to season
Support your child’s smooth transition into seasons with sensory-friendly clothing tips and visual routines.
What To Expect As You Start ABA For Your Child
There are so many unknowns when parents receive a diagnosis of autism for their child for the first time. Your family may notice t...
Responding to a Diagnosis of Autism
Your child has just been diagnosed with autism. Perhaps you suspected that autism was a possibility or maybe the news is a complet...
ABA Therapy For Toddlers With Autism
For many parents, when their toddler first gets diagnosed with autism, they’re scared and overwhelmed. The idea of treating their ...
How To Choose An ABA Agency For Your Toddler
If your child has been recently diagnosed with autism, it is very likely that you are experiencing overwhelm and confusion about a...
What Is Pairing & How Is It Used In ABA Therapy?
You finally arrange for your child to start ABA services, and the therapist arrives at the door for the first day of therapy. Natu...
Early Intervention For Toddlers With Autism
Early intervention for toddlers with autism refers to the time at which therapeutic services begin to treat the symptoms of autism...
Specialized Education Programs For Toddlers
Educational instruction that is delivered in such a way that it meets the unique needs of each individual is known as Specialized ...
The Difference Between ADHD & Autism
Autism and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) are both neurodevelopmental conditions that affect a person’s ability t...
Ultimate Gift Guide For Children With Autism
The best gift ideas for the holidays for children with autism are the gifts that teach, soothe, entertain and keep a child’s inter...
Ultimate Gift Guide For Children With Autism
The best gift ideas for children with autism are in this gift guide —gifts that teach, soothe, entertain, & keep a child’s interes...
You are Your Child's Best Advocate
When you have a child with autism and you inevitably begin to form a network of people in your life that you will be working along...
Parents of Children with Autism - Here's How to Get the Help You Need
“We human beings are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others’ actions. We survive here in dependence on othe...
How To Have A Sensory Friendly Holiday
The holidays are upon us and we are buzzing around trying to prepare in advance to make all of our gatherings a joyous time to rem...
Getting Haircuts For Your Child With Autism
Hair salons are busy places that are filled with noises whether it comes from idle chatter between stylists and customers or styli...
Autism-Friendly Holiday Travel Tips
‘Tis the season for holiday busy-ness and family gatherings! Just the thought of everything that is waiting on that holiday “to-do...
Autism-Friendly Holiday Travel Tips
For families who have children on the autism spectrum, there is a list of considerations that pertain specifically to the child in...
Managing Holiday Events With an Autistic Child
The sights, the smells, and the sounds of the holidays are something that many of us look forward to each year. Traditions and gat...
How to Deal with Criticism When You Have a Child With Autism
If you have lived on this earth long enough, you have probably figured one thing out about other human beings - apparently, everyo...
Discussing the Autism Stigma With Your Child
High functioning autism has been used since 2013 to replace the previous diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome. Asperger Syndrome was onc...
Why Autistic Kids Are Vulnerable to Bullying
It’s a sad truth, but most school aged children are inevitably going to experience some form of bullying during their formative ye...
Autism Social Stories To Help School Anxiety
Social stories are narratives or scripts that are designed in such a way to engage a child with autism in the story and teach him/...
Autistic Meltdowns vs. Tantrums in Children
We’ve all seen it before. A trip to the grocery store or to the park becomes a humiliating public display for some helpless parent...
Potty Training in Kids With Autism
Ahhh, potty training. That daunting task that most new parents fear will never happen. It is a tricky life skill to teach any chil...
Are Autism and Aggression Connected?
There is a common misconception that people with autism are angry and aggressive. While it is true that many children, adolescents...
How Autism Affects Communication and Pragmatic Speech in Young Children
Children with autism often have communication deficits due to their neurological or developmental impairments. Up to 25% of childr...
Living With a Child Who Has Autism
Perspective is a tricky concept. The concept of normalcy varies widely from person to person because everyone experiences life in ...
Echolalia and Children with Autism
Think back to being a new parent. You are sitting in the kitchen with your baby in a high chair, and while you are spooning food i...
Signs of Sensory Sensitivities In Autistic Children and Teenagers
Sandra brought her new baby Thomas home and noticed at about two weeks of age that if she stroked his face while he nursed, he wou...