Many a special needs parent has worried over how to support their child's development of social skills. How to get them to fit in at school. How to help them to interact with others, even family members, in ways that show connection, consideration, and even love appropriately. Longing for their child's touch or the chance for their child to look them in the eye. And the list can go on forever, with every child having different abilities and different needs.
Miriam Campbell has worked with special needs children and their parents for 14 years, and she understands exactly how challenging the development of social and emotional skills can be for children, as well as for adults to navigate the many challenges.
She's also taken the problem and reframed it as an opportunity to help her students and her own children go beyond learning these skills by regurgitating lists of behaviours and truly help them understand the whys of common practices in our society. What resulted was a book, Bubble Double, which is chock full of images that children relate to and short explanations that support understanding.
In this episode of the podcast, Miriam explains her thinking and why it is valuable for parents to model her approach as a way to support social and emotional skills development in their children. She also walks us through an approach to begin making the shifts we need.
Reach out to her at miriam@skillsforconnection.com or book a consult call at https://calendly.com/skillsforconnection/getsupport?back=1&month=2022-11 to access more support.
For support related to the Special Needs Parenting Journey, including checklists to address issues like managing your overwhelm in the midst of life challenges, boost your parenting/love/social relationships, and otherwise improve your vision and experience of life, pick up a copy of my book, Lighting the Path, at https://books2read.com/lightingthepath. Plus, come join my Level Up and Thrive community at www.facebook.com/groups/thriveability today.
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