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From “Being Helped” to “Helper:” How Switching Roles Benefits and Empowers Our Kids
Think about your child’s daily reality. I'm not asking you to imagine the experience of having autism, but rather to visualize their routine: their days and weeks. For many, this involves a constant rotation of support and specialists. At school, they might have an aide, be placed in a specialized classroom, or be pulled out of their regular class for targeted instruction. Outside of school, their schedule is filled with appointments—speech therapy, ABA therapy, and more freq

Barbara Kaminski, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA(VA)
Mar 266 min read


Letting Go of Certainty: How Curiosity Helps Us Support Our Kids
Transform your parenting by letting go and becoming curious

Barbara Kaminski, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA(VA)
Apr 1, 20252 min read


How's Your Yeti Doing? Taking Care of You is Important, too!
Parenting an autistic child is like playing the game “Yeti in my Spaghetti.”

Barbara Kaminski, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA(VA)
Jan 1, 20253 min read


Breaking the Stereotype: Understanding Challenging Behavior in Children with Autism
It might surprise you to learn how often kids express their feelings through tantrums, throwing things, and hitting!

Barbara Kaminski, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA(VA)
Oct 1, 20243 min read


Is My Child Ready to Learn Social Skills? Here’s How to Find Out
Is your child with autism ready to learn social skills

Barbara Kaminski, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA(VA)
Jul 1, 20246 min read


Unlocking Connections: Exploring Joint Attention in Children with Autism
Crucial joint attention skills are often delayed, limited, or missing in children with autism. This can impact their ability to “connect”

Barbara Kaminski, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA(VA)
Mar 25, 20243 min read


Kids Do Strange Things: Exploring Autism and Childhood Behaviors
As parents of neurotypically-developing kids will attest, their kids do strange and weird things. Seriously, kids are weirdos. Here are...

Barbara Kaminski, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA(VA)
Jan 1, 20243 min read


Managing Meltdowns
Every parent has, at some point, dealt with an inconsolable or screaming child, often at a very inconvenient time or in a very...

Barbara Kaminski, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA(VA)
Jun 30, 20234 min read


7 Simple Tips to Better Instruction-Following
After your child has learned a skill, why is it sometimes really hard to get them to do it when asked? You have spent a lot of time...

Barbara Kaminski, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA(VA)
Mar 30, 20234 min read


New Year's Resolutions? Making Habits Stick
The start of a new year is traditionally a time to focus on a “new start,” often in the form of making a “New Year’s Resolution.” You...

Barbara Kaminski, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA(VA)
Jan 2, 20233 min read
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