My Club WY

A new club for kids with behavior challenges and their siblings!

My Club WY is now starting in Rawlins, WY and will serve kids in Rawlins as well as Sinclair and Saratoga, WY.

For more information on My Club WY, visit the website HERE.

If you live in the area and would like to participate, go to the Sign Up tab on the My Club WY site and sign the kids up. Once we have a few kids, we will schedule our first activity, which will be geocaching....YAY!

This will be a free outing for all ages that involves walking.

1 in 50

The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 1 in 50 school children have been diagnosed with some form of Autism in 2011-2012.

View the CDC report HERE.
(This is a PDF download from the CDC website, so it is presumed safe.)

Walk MS

My son and I will be walking for MS in Casper, WY on April 20.

MS is another cause close to my heart.

My first experience with MS was watching a close family friend suffer with it for years with a smile on her face and a kind word for anyone she met. Sadly, she has passed away due to complications from the MS.

Later, my dad was diagnosed with MS after experiencing several 'hits' at once.


I know that, as Autism families, we already have so much on our plate, but if you feel inclined to do so, help with any size donation would be much appreciated...even if it's only $1.00. Thank you so much!

If you'd like to walk with us, drop us a line! We'll see you there!

Geocaching is Great Fun

Geocaching is so much fun, and it's a great way to get yourself and the kids outdoors. If you're unfamiliar with geocaching, it's basically a scavenger hunt using GPS. You may look for a cache which consists of just a log sheet or small containers filled with miscellaneous trade items. There are other types of caches as well, but if you're going out with kids, these 2 types are best, in my opinion, since they are tangible.

Many campgrounds, wilderness areas, and civic events host geocaching. Colleges will even use this as a way to get kids familiar with campus.

If you'd like to try geocaching for yourself, go to Geocaching.com. In the left column of the link page, enter the area you'd like to search, upload the coordinates of each cache into your GPS, phone, or other GPS equipped device. (You may have to register on the site to do this.) Now start looking!

If you have grade school kids, you may like to see if there are any Ranger Rick Geocache Trails in your area. These trails will have a passport available to download, several cache boxes to find that include a rubber stamp for kids to mark their passpoprt and more.

You can read more about how geocaching works here.

Find the Asperger-Kids.org geocache! It's listed in the sidebar.

HAVE FUN GEOCACHING!

Time4Learning

I've been invited to try Time4Learning's online education program in exchange for an honest review. My opinion will be entirely my own, so come back and read about my experience! For more information, try their lesson demos or find out how to write your own curriculum review.

Day 3:

My son is having the best time using Time4Learning's Math and Language Arts curriculum.
I had been looking for a math program that could hold his interest, and this program seems to be doing that.
Although an avid reader, doing Language Arts used to bring him to tears. Now I hear him laughing!

On the parents end, the entire program is simple to use. You can print off a schedule for the year or just let them go at their own pace. Either way, all you have to do is follow the arrows. This will take you through the program in sequence.

Day 26:

Well, our trial period is almost over, and we have signed up to use Time4Learning from now on. My son has thoroughly enjoyed using the program.

 What my son likes:

• The program is fun to learn with.
• The characters that teach the Language Arts lessons are funny.
• He gets to start the Art class in a few days. (There is a 30 day waiting period before starting the Art program.)

What I like:

• The positive messages in fun voices and extra help (via computer program) he gets on tests he doesn't do so well on. It encourages rather than discourages.
• I love to see my son enjoying his lessons.
• Ease of use.
• The program keeps track of scores.
• There are worksheets to print for extra help.
• There are activities to do.

We are still using ScienceFusion and Scott Foresman Fantastic Voyage (language arts) along with Time4Learning and it's worked very well.
When we use ScienceFusion, we we'll look up lessons on T4L that coincide with what he's learning.
As of right now, we are using both Scott Foresman and T4L simultaneously. We are also using the spelling lists and lessons in Language Arts Extensions. It's working out great!

Thanks, Time4Learning, for giving us the opportunity to try out the program for an entire month! It's been wonderful!