Category: Resources
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Understanding Hand Flapping in Children with Autism: A Guide for Parents
When young children explore the world, they use their bodies to express excitement, curiosity, and even frustration. One movement that often catches the attention of parents is hand flapping. If you’ve noticed your child repeatedly flapping their hands, you may wonder what it means. Hand flapping can be a common behavior in early childhood, but…
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What Does Autism Look Like in Your Brain?
When young children are learning about the world, their brain is working overtime. From the moment they wake up to when they fall asleep, tiny connections in the brain are firing, helping them develop social skills, learn to talk, and interact with others. But for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), brain development takes a…
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Daycare Challenges for Toddlers: Recognizing When to Seek Further Support
Daycare can introduce a whole new world of routines, social situations, and expectations for toddlers and younger children —and with that can come big emotions and behaviors that may leave you feeling unsure. Perhaps you’re grappling with toddler behavior issues in daycare. On one hand, these challenges might be part of typical development. On…
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What Are Some Social Milestones for Toddlers?
Supporting Your Child’s Social and Emotional Growth from 18 Months to 3 Years Toddlers are busy little explorers, often moving from one exciting discovery to the next. During this period, their social skills typically take off in remarkable ways. As a parent, it’s natural to wonder if your child is on track, especially when it…
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Tips: How to guide kids to be a friend to someone with autism
Helping your child develop acceptance towards others that are different can be challenging. You may be thinking, “Where do I start?” When your child sees that all children want to have friends, share interests, and be accepted, they may be more likely to initiate friendships with children that are at risk for being bullied or…
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Holiday Toy List for Children with Autism
Finding a perfect gift can be a stressful task for anyone. But buying gifts for autistic children can bring extra challenges as we think about what they may like and what may be well suited to their needs. To help ease some of the stress, Caravel has some suggestions for picking out that perfect gift.…
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Advanced Data Science is Driving Better Autism Outcomes
Better Outcomes For Everyone Touched by Autism Autism spectrum disability currently affects 1 in 31 children in the U.S. Although pediatricians have become proficient at identifying autism, they are still often challenged with finding trusted clinical partners that can provide their patients with a full range of therapy services that lead to evidence-based, measurable outcomes.…
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He started it! Setting up successful sibling interactions
Siblings, whether diagnosed with autism or not, often fight over issues that seem small to adults but seem big to children. Issues such as: whose turn is it for a toy, choice of a cartoon they want to watch, or who will have the last piece of dessert. A lot of times parents see themselves…
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Say Goodbye to Diapers—Planning for Potty Training
Potty training can be very rewarding when your child is successful, but it can feel daunting to start. Preparing yourself and your child is important and can include the following steps. Looking for Signs of Readiness Physical Signs: Does your child have regular, well-formed bowel movements at relatively predictable times? Does your child have…
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Acceptance – Real World Scenarios
It’s important to be aware of the fact that you never know what a person might be dealing with. While it may seem like a person is being difficult, there could be something else going on that’s not easily recognized. Below is an inspiring interaction that one of our Caravel team members shared. “Recently I…
