Exceptional Therapies

With Christmas shopping right around the corner, think about gifting with experiences for the kiddos in your life!

The toys get boring quickly but memories and joy will last much longer from experiences!!!!

The ideal way to celebrate World Autism Awareness Day is to become more familiar with the characteristics of persons who suffer from this complex condition. Let us increase our understanding and promote kindness by learning about the importance of this day.

NOT a disability, a DIFFERENT Ability!

Exceptional Therapies updated their business hours.

Covid burn out is real especially for parents navigating the balance of work, school, and safety. International Womans Day led me to really think about mothering, working, and the tight rope I walk daily. As we approach the one year anniversary of this Pandemic in the US, I think it is a great time to reflect. We are mentally exhausted and it is okay to a acknowledge those feelings. Many women are balancing childcare and household responsibilities mostly on their own. This led women to leave the workforce at four times the rate of men over the course of the pandemic. When the pandemic began, it felt like a bad sci-fi film or novel. It still feels that way at times as I sit in shock at what the past year has been. It often feels like there is no light at the end of the tunnel and a great deal of uncertainty looms. So what can you do? Well take control of what you can including a healthy diet and maybe limiting alcohol and sweets. Improve your bedtime routine including laying off the social media before bed and stopping what I call the “panic scrolling” at least 30 minutes before bed. Create boundaries between work and home life and stick with them. Schedule “me time” daily and talk to your partner or other supports about how you can make this happen. This can be taking a walk, meditation, finding a new hobby, or watching a favorite television program. You can start with several short 10 minute breaks until you can find the pattern that works for you. Lastly, make sure you are physical distancing but not socially isolated. Leaning on friends and hearing you are not alone is sometimes the best medicine. Just remember there is always support available if stress becomes unbearable or too much to handle on your own. Reach out to a mental
health professional for support in person or via teletherapy. I believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel but the length of that tunnel is still unknown.

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Exceptional Therapies updated their info in the about section.

The Dover office will be closed December 24th, 25th, and January 1st! We hope you all have a wonderful holiday ❄️⛄️

To our wonderful Families:
We understand allergy, cold, and flu season is upon us, however, our client’s health and safety, and that of our team, is our highest priority. As a reminder, we ask families to notify us if their child or anyone in their household is sick or showing symptoms of COVID. We thank you for your cooperation and patience as we all work together to stay healthy 😁

Attention Families: We will be closed Thursday, November 26th, and Friday, November 27th for Thanksgiving 🦃 We hope everyone has a happy and healthy holiday!

We will be open on Veteran's Day, Wednesday, November 11th!

Here are some great social stories for back to school!

Autism Little Learners

The Abilities Expo is virtual! Check it out! There are some great resources here!

Abilities Expo Virtual It's free to attend...register today!

EFMP families!! This is awesome!

EFMP & Me: The Exceptional Family Member Program Resource

Good morning! I’m excited to welcome Hannah as our new full time BCBA for our Dover office. Look for her to be starting in July. I look forward to the exciting time ahead as Hannah gets familiar with our company, our clients and our RBT’s.

Here is a little message from Hannah.

Hi! My name is Hannah Hendrickson and I am in the process of moving to Delaware from Baltimore, MD to work for Exceptional Therapies. I went to undergrad at Towson University where I studied special education. I was a special education teacher for 7 years before pursuing my masters. As a teacher, I worked with children of all ages 0-21 years old. In 2018, I completed my masters in applied behavior analysis and became a BCBA. I am excited to get started with Exceptional Therapies! I look forward to meeting all of you!

WORTH SHARING: Disney Bedtime Hotline is back to lull your kids to sleep with a nighttime story Disney is bringing back its beloved "Disney Bedtime Hotline" to help bring a little magic to fans and families everywhere.

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These are some fabulous craft ideas! For our ABA families .... use many of these to work on fine motor, cutting, glueing, number/ letter / color identification, matching, and gross motor skills to name a few. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me, Katherine Golembiewski for help and guidance! Can’t wait to get back to work!

Autism Day highlights the need to help and improve the quality of life of those with autism so that they can lead full and meaningful lives as an integral part of society.

To our ABA families.... your ABA team is missing you something fierce! We can’t wait to get back!

Go to the zoo or aquarium today!

https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/

Our Top 7 Favorite Non-Screen Activities - Little Passports We’ve put together our 7 favorite non-screen activities to help you supplement your at-home curriculum.

Due to current state restrictions, we will remain closed until it is deemed safe to reopen again. We want to protect our families as well as our staff. We are currently working on a path to provide services through telehealth, so keep an eye out - we will be reaching out to you with options shortly. Please stay healthy and safe, and feel free to contact us with any questions.

Yay for Non-Screen activities!

Our Top 7 Favorite Non-Screen Activities - Little Passports We’ve put together our 7 favorite non-screen activities to help you supplement your at-home curriculum.

Want to go to a concert but this quarantine has you stuck at home? Fox teamed up with iHeart Media to bring the concert to your home! Watch tonight at 9pm, and maybe record it so your kids can watch tomorrow and have a dance party!

https://www.fox.com/the-iheart-living-room-concert-for-america/

The iHeart Living Room Concert for America – 3/29 on FOX! The iHeart Living Room Concert for America is this Sunday, 3/29 at 9pm ET. LIVE performances by music's biggest artists & hosted by Elton John. Stream free!

Here is a great site for parents to explore for resources for ABA communication boards and data sheets. https://s1074512.wixsite.com/website-1

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Great News! Audible is offering FREE books for children for as long as schools are closed!
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

Anna from Frozen hosted a yoga class on Facebook Live last Sunday, but you can still participate at home too:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1805298469605702/?active_tab=discussion

Audible Stories | Audible.com Free stories for kids of all ages. Audible Stories is a free website where kids of all ages can listen to hundreds of Audible audio titles across six different languages—English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Japanese—for free, so they can keep learning, dreaming and just being kids.

Need a little mindfulness? Here is a link for a children's mindfulness class:
https://www.mindfulschools.org/free-online-mindfulness-class-for-kids/

Celebrities read children's books could be a great part of a new bedtime routine:
https://www.storylineonline.net/ or you can watch on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/StorylineOnline

StorylineOnline The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning and Daytime Emmy-nominated children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams imaginatively produced videos feat...

What have you been doing with your kids to pass the time during this quarantine? Have you found any resources you think would help others? We would like to hear from you!