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I am over at the SPD Blogger Network  giving my take on how to determine the cause of your child's behavior challenges (Sensory vs. Behavior) - including the difference between a meltdown and a tantrum - important info for parents with kids who have ANY challenges - so stop by and leave me a comment! :) Enjoy your week! Hartley

The SPD Blogger Network is giving away a custom weighted blanket of YOUR CHOICE from DreamCatcher!  Check out the review and enter to win! :) Enjoy your week! Hartley

I have been inundated by questions about Integrated Listening Systems, and a number of other programs on Twitter, Facebook and through email lately.  For that reason, I wanted to point out a handful of things and share this interview with you again from Dr. Ronald Minson. Quick tips: When you are looking for a program for your child, always look for research.   Science .   Doctors .   Therapists .  Determine that it is a SOUND treatment before going further. Don't get so excited about the testimonials that you forget to actually do your own due diligence. Remember this basic rule of special needs parenting:  T he plural of 'antecdote' is NOT 'data' .  That means that 10 people saying it works doesn't make it a fact.  It makes it their experience.  Each child is different, each family is different.  Do your own research. Now onto this interview - with tons of information - to help in the never-ending-quest for helping our kids. :) ---------------------- As many o...

My baby is on the cover of Autism Spectrum Quarterly !  Woo Hoo!! I cannot believe how grown up he is now - time moves by faster than we think.  :) Take a minute to check out the new issue of ASQ .  An amazing and informative magazine that truly covers all aspects of Autism.  "Gabriel's" issue includes.... When Your Child with Autism Wanders: Preventing a Parent's Worst Nightmare Mike Frandsen delivers a timely and critically important article about the all-too-common phenomenon of wandering by individuals with ASD. Told against the backdrop of the tragic death of five-year-old Mason Medlam, Mike highlights the tireless efforts of Mason's mother to protect other children from a similar fate, and he discusses ways for families to keep their children safe. Co-Regulation: The Basis for All Social Interaction Linda Murphy, M.S., CCC-SLP, brings her speech-language pathology background and RDI® training to bear on the important subject of establishing a strong social-i...

I am over at the SPD Blogger Network today giving my advice on how how to find, prepare and hire a special needs babysitter that you will LOVE and more importantly, you kids will want to come back time and time again!  Check it out! :) Enjoy your week! Hartley

I am over at the SPD Blogger Network today giving my advice on how to tell your child he/she has Sensory Processing Disorder. Ideas to help you start this conversation with your child, explain SPD and empower your child to be a self-advocate and self-regulate. Enjoy your week! Hartley

One of the MOST amazing and impressively awesome women I know, Chynna Laird , is celebrating her birthday today!! If you are RINGO, please go visit her, if you are NOT Ringo, then please visit her blog ! Do you like to win?  You like free? You like HLW3B?  Then sign up to follow Chynna's blog , then leave a comment here on HLW3B!   If 50+ people follow Chynna's blog through Google by tomorrow at 12 midnight PST (and leave a comment on this post so I know you did!) I'll giveaway a copy of my new book Sensational Journeys - due out Fall 2011 from Future Horizons  (and it will be SIGNED! 1st EVER !) - and for bonus, if she gets 100 new followers, I'll giveaway TWO BOOKS ! Happy B-day My Friend!!   Happy Birthday my friend, I hope the Vodka was good - but *not* too good!  LOL XOXO, Hartley