Protect yourself, clean your hands regularly. Wash your hands with soap and water, and dry them thoroughly. Use alcohol-based handrub if you don’t have immediate access to soap and water.

Basic protective measures against the new coronavirus…

Much of it follows traditional cold-season admonitions, but some is more specific…

The most effective method for preventing the spread of Coronavirus…

In times like these, we need practical, actionable ways of coping with stress, fear, and anxiety. The meditations, podcasts, blog posts, and talks on this page will help you build resilience and find some calm amidst the chaos…

Hygiene skills can be difficult for many children to master because of sensory processing, fine motor delays, or cognitive delays. Today I want to share some tips and tricks for teaching handwashing with kids…

Hygiene skills can be difficult for many children to master because of sensory processing, fine motor delays, or cognitive delays. Today I want to share some tips and tricks for teaching handwashing with kids…

Print this out and put it near the sink to help our kids remember good hand washing technique…

Good health hygiene is critical to stopping the spread of viruses. Peter the Anteater shows us proper hand-washing technique with help from UCI Public Health…

Video, Downloadable Hand-Washing Routine Visual, and Downloadable How Long Do I Wash My Hands Visual…

If you’re the parent or caregiver of a child on the autism spectrum, chances are you’ve spent your fair share of time searching for the best treatments for autism…

Coming up with fun ideas for occupational therapy activities for interventions can easily become nerve-wracking! It’s easy to fall into a routine and use the same old cookie-cutter activities in OT treatment sessions…

I often get asked how long and how often families should practice speech and language skills at home…

To help turn young worriers into warriors, here are 8 activities that have proven to be effective…

Processes that we use to modify emotional reactions. We can be aware of these processes or not, purposefully tying to do them or not. In other words, somtimes it takes effort to manage emotions…

Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV)…

The coronaviruses that circulate among humans are typically benign, and they cause about a quarter of all common cold illnesses. But occasionally, coronaviruses, like COVID-19, circulate in an animal reservoir and mutate just enough to…

Information to make this video was obtained and collated from the following resources: UpToDate, CDC, WHO and journal articles from the Lancet and NEJM…

This social narrative about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) was created so that it could be shared with your loved ones to help get them through this situation…

Randall W. Williams, MD, FACOG Director, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on what you should know…

What is COVID-19? How do you get it? What happens if you have it?

The Office of Developmental Disabilities  COVID-19 Info…

A coronavirus is a type of germ. You can only see germs with a microscope, and they can make you sick.  There are many kinds of coronavirus…

COVID-19, caused by a novel coronavirus, is a global pandemic. As cases increase nationally and globally, you might be wondering if you should be worried. Below are answers to some frequently asked questions about COVID-19…

Let’s take these difficult times as they come and try to focus on the positive rather than negative. Spending time at home allows you to spend some quality time with your children, which you may not have otherwise been able to have…

See inside the San Digeo Zoo, Yellowstone National Park, The Louvre, and more.

Challenge your kids to do one activity every day…

Learn A New Language.

Crafts and activities for everyone…

or the times when you are stuck indoors for longer periods of time, you may need an extra creative boost to think of enough games, crafts, projects, and content to keep your energetic little ones engaged…

Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation designed specially for kids aged 3+, used in schools and homes all over the world…

Our website is the place to find diagrams to fold from, shop for origami books, paper, and downloadable diagrams…

Miss Melodee invites children to engage in dramatic and symbolic play promoting cognitive development through song and dance…

As satisfying as a well-written recipe, a smart and thoughtful DIY is our kind of lunch break reading. Bonus points if it’s an easy project AND teaches us how to make something beautiful.

We know our clients depend on EarthCam to virtually travel. EarthCam is open for business and will continue to add new cameras so you can discover, explore and connect with our amazing world…

Take a tour of our entire facility…

Take a tour of our entire facility…

Wondering where our resident otters are? With the Aquarium closed to visitors, we have a unique and exciting opportunity to let the stranded pups we usually keep behind the scenes explore our Sea Otter exhibit…

Welcome to Blacktip Reef, where you’ll find blacktip sharks darting at the water’s surface while brilliantly colored fish weave throughout intricate corals and graceful rays skim the sandy floor in a recreation of a delicately balanced Indo-Pacific reef…

Welcome to the watering hole at Mpala Research Centre in the highlands of central Kenya! Watch elephants, hippos, giraffes, Grevy’s zebras, gazelles, crocodiles, leopards and many other species take a drink (or a quick dip)…

Become a published author. Don’t let your stories be forgotten…

Puppy Playroom at Warrior Canine Connection…

A fun way to stretch your photography skills and make unique pictures. Have some family fun by incorporating your kids into the process…

You may not be able to teach them as many skills at this age but you can familiarize them with a camera and give them different activities they can do…

For: actual quarantine, school closures, weekend social distancing, anytime!

GoNoodle® engages 14 million kids every month with movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. Available for free at school, home, and everywhere kids are!

Fluency and Fitness® helps students review essential K-2 reading and math topics, while providing a movement break…

10 easy outdoor activities for kids…

Sometimes, people with autism display behaviors that are challenging to understand and address. The Challenging Behaviors Tool Kit will provide you with strategies and resources to address these behaviors

With Rosie’s help, I made this social story in hopes of providing educators and caregivers a tool to help their little ones understand and adapt to the challenging times brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic…

News of the coronavirus COVID-19 is everywhere, from the front page of all the papers to the playground at school. Many parents are wondering how to bring up the epidemic…

Kids, this comic is for you. It’s based on a radio story that NPR education reporter Cory Turner did. He asked some experts what kids might want to know about the new coronavirus discovered in China…

Visual resource with simple easy explanations on COVID-19…

It can be scary to hear about a disease outbreak, but learning the facts can help ease your mind…

Sometimes we get sick…

A veces nos enfermamos…

Đôi khi chúng ta bị bệnh

This story is about pandemics and Coronavirus. A pandemic is when many people in a large area become sick. A pandemic is usually caused by a new virus.

Story for kids with sections they can fill out as an interactive activity that will help explain COVID-19…

Experts offer advice on how parents can help adolescents get the facts straight and be prepared…

As COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, continues to spread around the world, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised organizations to prepare…

Steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 if you are sick

If your local school district closes during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, you may be faced with a number of obstacles. For children with autism, the school closure may mean disruption to learning support services…

This week has been nothing short of incredible, in the best and worst meanings of the word. On the one hand, our lives have been turned upside down. And on the other, our friends and neighbors are stepping up in ways we never thought possible…

Top Museums You Can Tour Online for Free, Historical Movies For Kids (with Reviews!), Free Math Cheat Sheet For Grades 4-8, The Best Educational Apps for PreK & More…

PreK – 9th with reading, videos, and activites.

You can continue to learn at home while schools are closed. Try out fun computer science tutorials, watch videos about computer science concepts, and even build your own projects!

If you’re looking for some fun science experiments for kids then you’ve come to the right place. Check out our free experiments section, full of fascinating hands-on experiments that are a great way to enjoy the world of science…

Take the work and expense out of doing school at home with our vast collection of free worksheets for kids! We not only have free worksheets, but we also have  hands-on activites,  printable games, and more to make learning FUN!

Developed by MIT graduates since 2003, MathScore helps students acquire a deep understanding of math by providing adaptive math practice that functions like self-guided lessons…

Life Journey Through Autism: A Guide to Safety outlines major safety risks of concern throughout childhood, adolescence, and adulthood for individuals with autism, and offers tips, resources, and strategies to assist parents. This comprehensive tool can be used as a reference for addressing basic safety skills, developing preventative safety measures, and getting a sense of what types of safety concerns can be expected later on in life…

Many in the autism community have expressed concern and anxiety about what they can expect and how they can safely engage in self-quarantine or social distancing…

For an individual child, being homebound can serve as an opportunity to spend time with family, but also can result in insufficient physical activity, irregular sleep patterns, weight gain, and decreased fitness. As many parents know, boredom and frustration are common during time required to be home and inside…

If you’re feeling a little overwhelmed and struggling to keep up with the ever-growing list of cancellations, closures and other news surrounding the novel coronavirus…

It is a well-known fact that children thrive when there are routines. This time of year most children wake up, get dressed, eat their breakfast, head off to school…

Some communities have Crisis Care, which is a free service to families and is designed to alleviate immediate crisis or emergency situations, but is also designed to enhance the family’s capability…

Healthy habits can help protect you and your family. This includes good handwashing, limiting contact with people who are sick and keeping an appropriate distance from others…

This guide from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network includes age-specific tips for helping children cope with stress…

Here are the four unique ways that special needs parents are able to handle Coronavirus stress…

School closures are now widespread as part of the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While these are critical steps to protect the health of Americans, the disruption in routine for children with autism or special needs can be incredibly hard…

Please know that you are not alone. We can help you get through this.

A few weeks ago, my eight-year-old daughter made a glitter jar for my students: “Tell them that when their brain has a glitter storm, they can shake this up and take deep breaths as the glitter falls.” We could all use some help settling our glitter right now…

Tips that may help you manage your child/children during Covid-19 closures, social distancing, and isolation.

Tips that may help you manage your child/children during Covid-19 closures, social distancing, and isolation.

Tips that may help you manage your child/children during Covid-19 closures, social distancing, and isolation.

At this time, information about COVID-19 is rapidly evolving as new details are confirmed and new question emerge. In the event of an outbreak in you rocmmunity, as a parent/caregiver, your first concern is about how to protect and take care of your children and family…

We know just how imperative it is that we all work together and do what we can to keep each other healthy and safe. Likewise, as many of us follow the guidelines of social-distancing, it is important that we support each other during this challenging time…

In the light of the COVID19 pandemic and its disproportionate impact on persons with disabilities, the International Disability Alliance (IDA) has compiled the following list of the main barriers that persons with disabilities face in this emergency situation along with some practical solutions and recommendations…

As a mother of a daughter with autism and intellectual disabilities, as well as a professional in the human services field, I am all too familiar with the unique challenges facing families of individuals with special needs.

As a mother of a daughter with autism and intellectual disabilities, as well as a professional in the human services field, I am all too familiar with the unique challenges facing families of individuals with special needs.

The American Academy of Pediatrics today advises parents facing stressors over COVID-19 to practice self-care, to reach out to others for help, and to use healthy discipline techniques, such as time-outs…

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be stressful for people. Fear and anxiety about a disease can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in adults and children. Coping with stress will make you, the people you care about, and your community stronger…

Coronavirus. COVID-19. Social distancing. A week ago these were obscure, unknown terms. Now our social media feeds are littered with them. We are being inundated with information. And then inundated again, because things change hour to hour…

We walk around with masks on. We stand in line inside the restroom waiting patiently to wash our hands for the suggested 25 seconds. Costco lines are out the door, and the shelves for hand sanitizer, bleach wet wipes and toilet paper are empty…

Learn strategies for supporting individuals on the autism spectrum experiencing school closures and changes in routine due to the 2020 outbreak…

The Autism Treatment Network (ATN) and The Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P) Visual Supports Tool Kit for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder provides strategies you can use to improve your communication with your child…

El Manual de ayudas visuales de la Red de Tratamiento del Autismo y la Red de Investigación sobre la Salud Física para la Intervención en el Autismo (AIR-P) para niños con trastornos del espectro autista le ofrece estrategias que puede utilzar para mejorar la conunicacion con su hijo. Este video destaca la seccion del tablero “Primero-Después” del manual. Un video relacionado se centra en la sección “Programa Visual.” Puede resultar útil leer el Manual de apoyos visuales completo de ATN/Air-P, que está disponible gratuitamente en AutismSpeaks.org…

El Manual de ayudas visuales de la Red de Tratamiento del Autismo y la Red de Investigación sobre la Salud Física para la Intervención en el Autismo (AIR-P) para niños con trastornos del espectro autista le ofrece estrategias que puede utilzar para mejorar la conunicacion con su hijo. En este video se hace hincapié en la seccion “Programa visual” del manual. Un video relacionado se centra en la sección del cartel “Primero-Despues.” Puede resultar útil leer el Manual de apoyos visuales completo de ATN/Air-P, que está disponible gratuitamente en AutismSpeaks.org…

The Autism Treatment Network (ATN) and The Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P) Visual Supports Tool Kit for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder provides strategies you can use to improve your communication with your child…

Our Kit for Kids program is designed to teach elementary and middle school students about their peers with autism. The kit is centered around an illustrated booklet entitled “What’s Up with Nick?”…

Being thrown off your routine and struggling with unexpected transitions can be a challenge for anyone…

All children and young adults require support from caregivers during times of stress and uncertainty, such as those we are facing now…

Parents and caretakers of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities such as autism face unique hurtles in communicating about the coronavirus pandemic…

Navigating high school, college, and the job market can be a challenging time that raises many often-difficult questions.

This can be both exciting and challenging for anyone, including teens and adults with autism. To help meet the needs of people on the autism spectrum, OAR offers resources for each of these stages.

The Organization For Autism Research has provided us with:

• A Parent’s Guide to Research
• A Guide for Transition to Adulthood
• A Parent’s Guide to Assessment
• A Guide for Military Families

& more…

This brochure introduces parents, caregivers, and professionals
to visual supports and provides instruction on how to use them
effectively…

Lighthouse Guild offers other programs and resources for parents and teens with our tele-support groups. Through our National Tele-Support Network for Parents of Children with Visual Impairment…

Many children have constipation. Children with autism might have more problems with constipation than other children…

Laminate and place on the fridge or wall or print a blank copy (last 3 pages) and place it inside a plastic sleeve to use each day and write your own activities in the blanks provided…

Laminate and place on the fridge or wall or print a blank copy (last 3 pages) and place it inside a plastic sleeve to use each day and write your own activities in the blanks provided…

This is such a unique time that we are living in, but one day it will be a distant memory. Keeping a journal, either online or on paper, will give you something to look back on and share with future generations.

Emergencies and disasters can strike quickly and without warning, forcing people to quickly leave or be confined in their home unexpectedly…

SAMHSA recognizes the challenges posed by the current COVID-19 situation and is providing the following guidance and resources to assist individuals, providers, communities, and states across the country…

People who are 65 or older are more likely to have serious COVID-19 illness. This may be because immune systems change with age, making it harder to fight off diseases and infection…

We get it. It’s hard to sift through the messages and information coming at us. Worse, the “unknown unknown” (not knowing what you don’t even know) can cause even greater anxiety for those of us who are panic-prone…

This toolkit includes visual supports for children with autism to use during the COVID-19 school closures…

AANE continuously updates our event calendar so you can find the conferences, seminars, webinars and events that are of interest to you…