January Newsletter | 2016

The Therapeutic Power of Pets for Children with Autism

By Leslie Stebbins, M.Ed. M.L.I.S.

Exciting new research on pet therapy for children with autism explains how dogs and even guinea pigs can be used to reduce stress, encourage positive social behavior, and improve cognitive functioning for children and adults with autism. Stages Learning investigates how children can benefit from pet therapy. Read More ...

Language Builder Picture Cards Unboxing Demo

So you've heard about Stages Learning's Language Builder Picture Cards ... Would you like to see what comes inside? Watch our unboxing video! This tool has 350 noun cards to teach key language concepts to preschool age children; children and adults with autism, developmental delay, or speech/language delay; or to anyone first learning or re-learning basic language skills.

Occupation Card Perspective-Taking Lesson Plan

This month, students will infer how professionals feel at work by verbally elaborating on visuals from occupation cards. The lesson practices expressive language, verbal syntax, occupation identification and vocabulary, and perspective-taking. Read More ...

My Autism Day

My Autism Day is an iPad app that helps you track your day to day lives with Autism. My Autism Day replaces your daily planner, address book, progress reports, baby sitter notes and therapy recommendations. It not only keeps all these notes in one place, caregivers can use the graphs and daily comparison options to better understand what’s working.

FREE Download! Designed for iPad