Anxiety & Autism: Anxiety Among AAC Users
Anxiety is a common mental health issue among autistics. For an autistic child or an adult, learning to use an…
Social Skills
Floortime Therapy for Autistic Children
You must have heard or read about Floortime therapy. What is it and how can it help autistic children? This…
Autonomous Communication & AAC
Avaz’s resident SLP, Niveditha, take a deep dive into the subject of autonomous communication and how it builds self determination.…
Building Choice Making in AAC Learners
Open-ended questions are important to encourage self-determination skills while binary choices may be used to encourage choice making in beginning…
How Social Scripts Promote Conversations in Learners with Disabilities
A ‘Hi’ may be the start of a beautiful friendship between two kids and “Say Hi to your friend” may…
How to Help Children Learn Turn Taking?
Turn taking is not only an important social skill that young children need to learn. Experts suggest that it can…
Addressing Challenging Behaviours During Lockdown
Lockdown and school closures have impacted our daily lives in different ways. For some, it means adjusting to chaotic work…
How Play Therapy Techniques Help Children Cope with Routine Changes
Masks all around, not being able to go out, virtual classrooms – young children can feel anxious and vulnerable with…
5 Simple Activities to Develop the Emotional Intelligence Skills of Learners with Disabilities
Have you ever thought about how many distinct emotions we generally feel throughout a day? Emotions, big or small, play…
Using Social Stories to Explain Social Situations
Social stories are simple narratives that help people having deficits in social pragmatics understand appropriate social interaction protocols and responses.…