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Autism Consultation

Mika L. Adams, consultant

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“Every child can learn.”

“I believe that our responsibility as adults, care givers, and educators is to provide the most effective methods of instruction and support that encourages each child to reach Mika Adams his/her full potential. Progress results from the consistant application of these individualized strategies.

When this occurs a child can flourish.”

( Mika makes house calls. ) 29 Sorrell Court, Zionsville, IN 46077 office: 317.733.0593 • cell: 317.750.0343 • email: mikaadams@sbcglobal.net

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ONE IN FIFTY On March 20, 2013 the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported the results of a recent study conducted with parents. According to parents’ reports the identification rate for children with autism has risen to one in fifty. The question is whether this is a true increase in the identification rate or the result of improved diagnostic techniques. While scientists at the CDC suggest that the increase is due to more sensitive diagnostic practices, advocacy groups and parents of children with autism propose that it reflects a true increase in the occurrence of autism spectrum disorders.

information regarding waiver supports by contacting the Family and Social Services Agency (FSSA). Their website is www.in.gov/ fssa/ , you will find a number of services available on this site. You will want to check out “Disabilities Services” to find information about the different waivers that are available.

Regardless of the reason for the increased identification rate, the true issue is the numbers of individuals who have autism and the impact it has on families, schools, and communities. The money that was used to conduct the study by the CDC could easily be used to develop and support intervention services for those who are already diagnosed. With the reported increase improved support becomes even more critical for those identified on the spectrum.

Keep in mind that your child’s qualification for waiver services is not dependent on the family income. These services will provide a number of supports for adult individuals who are on the autism spectrum as well as those with other disabilities.

Children with autism often struggle with the ability to communicate, have difficulty making and keeping friends, and controlling their reactions/emotions in stressful situations. While these difficulties can be dealt with and strategies implemented to help ease the struggle, these issues are going to continue to be a problem with which the individual must cope throughout their lives. Once out of the public school program, what services are available to support individuals with autism as they become adults?

Children who are identified with an autism spectrum disorder qualify for waiver services. Parents need to apply for waiver services as soon as their child is identified. These services can help pay for additional support for the child, but often there is an 8 to 10 year waiting list to begin receiving funds. The sooner a parent makes an application, the better. Parents can get additional

You may also call the Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services (BDDS) a division of FSSA to get more information about the services available. Their phone number is 1-800-545-7763. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Another division of FSSA is Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VBS). This division can provide support and training to allow an individual with a disability to find and maintain a job. Again, these services are available to you at no cost and are geared to help those with disabilities. You can find additional information on their website www.VRS.in.gov or you may call at 1-800-545-7763.

Your child’s most recent psycho-educational evaluation and IEP will be requested to help with the determination of disability services.

Don’t hesitate to call these agencies if you have a child with a disability, regardless of their age!

Mika Adams

Autism Consultation, LLC

www.autismconsultation.net

866-968-3698

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May Calendar of Events

Saturday, May 4, 4:00 pm Great Amazing Race at Garfield Park Conservatory.

Kids in grades K-12 can pair up with or race against parents, grandparents, family members, friends or neighbors while completing one mile course filled with fun challenges patterned after the show “THE AMAZING RACE”. Adult teams are welcome too! www.

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Sunday, May 5, 3:00 pm SymFUNy Sunday: Happily Ever After – Mother Goose Suite - Spark the imagination of your wigglers and gigglers as they explore a lifelong relationship with music with this one-hour, family-friendly concert. From Sleeping Beauty‛s hundred-year sleep, to Prince Charming‛s heroic rescue of his Princess, your favorite fairytales are brought to life by the actors, magic, music and dance of Enchantment Theatre Company and the ISO in Mother Goose Suite.

Hilbert Circle Theater.

Saturday, May 11, 9:00 am March of Dimes: March for Babies - When you walk in March for Babies, you give hope to the more than half a million babies born too soon each year. The money raised supports programs in your community that help moms have healthy, full-term pregnancies. It also funds research to find answers to the problems that threaten our babies. They‛ve been walking since 1970 and have raised an incredible $2 billion to benefit all babies. White River State Park. www.marchforbabies.org.

Saturday, May 11, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Chase 500 Festival Kids‛ Day - the state‛s largest outdoor free festival for children. More than 10,000 prizes from dozens of exhibitors, Mini car racing, Race-themed arts and crafts to create, games, face painting, clowns, and your favorite local mascots.

Monument Circle in Downtown Indianapolis.

Saturday, May 11, 1:00 pm Chase 500 Rookie Run - All kids, ages 3-12, are invited for the Chase 500 Festival Rookie Run. It‛s a non-competitive fun run where everyone goes away a winner. The Rookie Run is a great way for kids to stay physically fit. Ohio & Meridian Streets in Downtown Indianapolis.

Saturday, May 11 – Sunday, May 12 Mother‛s Day Weekend at the Zoo - The Indianapolis Zoo will put the spotlight on all moms-both human and animal--Mother‛s Day weekend! Follow

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Thursday, May 16 – Saturday, May 18Here We Grow Again Kids Consignment Sale.Sale is a twiceyearly event held in the Fall and Spring. Consignors bring gently-used infant and children‛s items and make money from selling them. Shoppers get to pay less for quality items they need for their children now. Hendricks County 4H Fairgrounds-Expo Hall located at 1900 E Main St in Danville.

Wednesday, May 22, 9:00 am – 6:00 pmAmerican Family Insurance 500 Community Day -Experience the unique opportunity of taking a lap around the track in your own car before the real race cars hit the track just four days later! Also, tours of Pit Lane and the official timing and scoring area in the Pagoda. Get autographs from favorite Indianapolis 500 drivers. Admission to Community Day includes admission to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Wednesday, May 22, 10:30 am Zoopolis 500: Presented by American Dairy Association - Experience the Greatest Spectacle in Tortoise Racing, where radiated tortoises hustle to the finish line to be the first to reach the abundant fruit platter in the Dean‛s Arena. Meet the 500 Festival Princesses and peer inside a 500 Festival Pace Car. Stick around afterward to meet the winning tortoise and his “pit crew”. www.indyzoo.com.

Saturday, May 25, 12:00 pm IPL 500 Festival Parade - The tradition continues with the 33 starting drivers of the Indianapolis 500 serving as honorary grand marshals. Nationally-known celebrities, costumed characters, marching bands, patriotic units, specialty units, spectacular floats, and giant helium balloons filled the streets to celebrate the world‛s largest single-day sporting event, the Indianapolis 500. www.500festival.com.

Monday, May 27, 7:00 am Give Hope Ride - The Give Hope Ride is the culmination of four previous Memorial Day bike rides hosted by a Fishers couple in honor of a friend‛s daughter who was treated at St. Jude Children‛s Research Hospital. Ride will be held at Fishers Heritage Park. www.givehoperide.com.

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SPOTLIGHT PLAY IS POWERFUL!

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that research has shown that there are clearly links between playing and brain development, motorskills and social capabilities? According to a research paper regarding the Benefits of Playgrounds for Children Aged 0-5 by Duerr Evaluation Resources, playgrounds encourage a child to play and this play encourages their growth cognitively, emotionally, physically, and socially. Have you considered a playground in your own backyard?

At Rainbow of Central Indiana we want to offer the best play equipment for your family. Our product line offers options that fit different size yards and budgets.

Let us help you make the appropriate choice for the age of your children. Our showroom is loaded with many options

for your child to adventure through and experience what they might like best.

Rainbow Play Systems brand is the best in the business offering lifetime warranty products that will give you peace of mind when making this important investment.

Our company is new to this area but has been a Rainbow dealer/distributor in central Illinois for over eight years.

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Snipping the Anxiety: Haircutting Desensitization for Kids with Autism For children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, daily life events can sometimes create major challenges.

Many kids with autism find personal care activities, such as haircutting and nail clipping, particularly difficult to tolerate, explained Ali, a training and program coordinator for the Applied Behavior Center for Autism.

“A lot kids with autism become very uncomfortable during a haircut. Some will cry and become very upset; some will try to run from the chair,” Ali shared. “Another one might even become aggressive — and some salons will refuse to complete a haircut on a combative child.”

Parents of children with autism often develop their own strategies to deal with this aversion. Some are forced to try to cut their child’s hair at night while she is asleep, while others may eschew haircuts altogether and opt for a lower-maintenance, lower-stress hairstyle for their child.

Fortunately, the Applied Behavior Center for Autism has another solution. Each of its central Indiana centers offer desensitization therapies to help kids — and families — learn to better deal with these personal care events.

While the stage where the process begins and the speed at which it progresses is different with every child, Ali explained, a step-by-step plan breaks the haircut process down into small, manageable stages. First, the program coordinator identifies the best starting point for therapy.

“Each individual child has his own hair cut hang-ups, so we first need to create a baseline,” Ali said. “Is he OK with having the clippers in the room, but not turned on? Does the buzzing noise of the clippers bother him, or does he only become upset when the clippers touch his head? Once we determine what stage of the haircut makes him uncomfortable, that’s where we start therapy.”

Applied Behavior Center for Autism therapists work with patients to help them build tolerance for haircutting over time. First, they work with the child to get used to the feel of the clippers on his head for only one second. When that is tolerable, the therapist increases the time to five seconds, and then to 10 seconds. Once the child shows he is comfortable with the touch of the buzzing clipper, the therapist can progress to actual haircutting.

“This can be a very slow process,” Ali stressed. “We like to have a couple of days to spend on each step before moving on to the next stage of the haircut desensitization process. We never want to force the child into the chair and hold him down — instead, we gradually acclimate the patient to the process, so it’s no longer terrifying and he knows what to expect.”

Kids are also motivated by positive reinforcement. For example, if the child only displays acceptable behavior during a session, she might get a piece of candy or the chance to play a favorite game.

In addition, the program coordinator works with parents to establish goals for the therapy, Ali said.

Not all families have the same end-goal for treatment.

Some want to be able to cut their child’s hair at home, while others would ultimately like to be able to go to a salon. We target the haircutting environment in the center first, and we work with the child to generalize that same level of tolerance at home, or even at a salon.”

To learn more about haircutting desensitization and the other therapies available at the Applied Behavior Center for Autism, please call 317-849-KIDS, ext. 112.

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Applied Behavior Center for Autism See pgs. 3, 12, 13 www.appliedbehaviorcenter.org Locations in Greenwood, Indy West, and Fishers Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) focuses on using proven procedures to increase desired behaviors and decrease unwanted behaviors.

Jameson Camp See pg. 4 www.jamesoncamp.org 317-241-2661 2001 Bridgeport Road, Indianapolis Especially Equipped to serve social and emotional challenges.

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Children’s Dentistry of Indianapolis See pg.9 www.indychildrensdentist.com 317.580.9199 9240 N. Meridian St., Suite 120, Indianapolis Infants, Children, Teens, Special Needs Children.

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Mika L. Adams See pgs. 6, 7 Autism Consultation, LLC 866.968.3698 I develop strategies to help families with children on the autism spectrum. The strategies address the following areas of concern; academic, behavioral, social, and sensory problems.

The Verbal Behavior Center for Autism See pg. 24 www.vbca.org 317- 848- 4774 9830 Bauer Drive Indpls., IN 46280 The Verbal Behavior Center for Autism provides year- round services offering one-on-one Applied Behavior Analysis therapy to children with autism ages 2 - 12. All programs are overseen by Board Certified Behavioral Consultants who together have a combined 45 years of experience. Tour our center, call us or view our website today!

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CONFIDENCE BUILDING IN YOUR KIDS Confidence is an important ingredient in having good self-esteem. As kids grow up they need their parents to instill more confidence in them.

You do this by reminding your children of their personal strengths and teach them to take risks and to stretch out of their comfort zone.

Confidence is a quality that creates success in children. As a parent you may find yourself constantly telling your child what not to do.

However, changing your words and requests are imperative in shaping your child’s sense of him or hers self. Next to a genetic predisposition to having self confidence, YOU are the most important person in building your child’s sense of confidence. Your child needs to believe that you believe in him/her.

YOU are the most important person in building your child’s sense of confidence.

Your child needs to believe that you believe in him/her.

share or their love of basketball.

• Do your kids see you valuing your admirable qualities?

Kids model what they see so they need to see you speak positively about yourself!

Environmental Structure: Carol Juergensen Sheets • Do you follow a routine that teaches your child balance and structure? Kids do much better with regular dinner times and bedtimes. They will feel more secure when the family practices regular rituals like prayer or nightly time to read.

• Do you encourage your child to associate with friends who share your family’s same values?

• Do you talk to your child about setting personal goals?

Keep this article close and allow it to motivate you to practice these parenting tools daily. It is easy as a parent to notice what your child needs to work on and not emphasize what your child already does right. We know that kids are much more likely to follow through with tasks and feel good about themselves if you encourage the effort not the outcome.

Practice being the positive Mom and make statements that fortify your belief in them!

Kids with low self-esteem aren’t able to identify areas of confidence; therefore they hinder their own ability to achieve. When they don’t believe in themselves they stop conceiving ideas that contribute toward their own personal satisfaction. This becomes a vicious cycle because when they don’t achieve they stop believing in themselves.

How can you help your child build his/her confidence quotient? As a parent to you reinforce the following qualities in your child?

Look at the following recommendations and And if you know that you lack decide what areas you need to work on. confidence, make sure to apply these same skills to your life. It is never too late to invest Personality Strengths: (circle all that apply in yourself and “be the change you want to to you) see” for your family!believe in him/her.

• Do you encourage persistence in your child? When they get discouraged do you sit beside them and instill what good work they Parenting is not easy. So follow these are doing even if they seemed discouraged guidelines to help you. The most important and stuck? thing is to implement it. Spend a few minutes deciding what steps you will need to take to • Do you focus on your child’s positives create the confidence building skills you need strengths daily? Make an effort to tell your to see your child actualize and grow to his/her child daily one quality that you admire about them. It may be their kindness, their ability to full potential.

Carol Juergensen Sheets LCSW PCC is a psychotherapist and personal life coach. She does motivational speaking and empowerment trainings locally and nationally. To find out more about her services--contact her at www.carolthecoach.com or call her at 317 218-3479. You can watch Carol the Coach segments on WTHR’s Channel 13 Wednesdays @ 12:50PM. Please say “I found it in the IndyKids’Directory!” Thanks!

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Jim Dandy Family Restaurant Kids’ 5 and under eat free from the kids menu - 2301 Conner St, Noblesville, IN 46060 CC Pizza all Indy locations 3 and under eat free Chick Fil-A 3360 W. 86th St. The Pyramids Indy

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Scotty’s Brewhouse 3905 E. 96th Street Indianapolis, IN & 1 Virginia Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204 CR Heroes 10570 E. 96th St. Fishers, IN 46037 - Cancun - 6714 E 82nd St, Indianapolis, IN Jim Dandy Family Restaurant Kids’ 5 and under eat free from the kids menu - 2301 Conner St. Noblesville, IN 46060 Massey’s Pizza Kids’ eat free w/ adult from pizza buffet - 172 Melody Ave Greenwood In CC Pizza all Indy locations 3 and under eat free Chick-fil-A Southport Rd. Indy Kids eat free Tuesday Evenings Chick-fil-A 6020 E. 82nd Castleton Mall Kids’ Eat Free Tuesday’s 4 to 8 Chick-fil-A Noblesville Buy one Get one Free Tuesday 5-9 Hellas Café 8501 Westfield Blvd Indy

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CC Pizza all Indy locations 3 and under eat free Michaelangelo’s 550 Westfield Rd, Noblesville, IN Jim Dandy Family Restaurant Kids’ 5 and under eat free from the kids menu 2301 Conner St, Noblesville, IN 46060 Chick-fil-A 3802 E. 82nd Indy at the Crossing Indy Kids’ Eat Free Wednesday’s 4 to 8 Cooking Greek 12955 Old Meridian Rd Carmel free childs meal 6 and under with an adult meal purchase

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Jim Dandy Family Restaurant Kids’ 5 and under eat free from the kids menu 2301 Conner St, Noblesville, IN 46060 CC Pizza all Indy locations 3 and under eat free

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Jim Dandy Family Restaurant Kids’ 5 and under eat free from the kids menu 2301 Conner St, Noblesville, IN 46060 Cooking Greek 12955 Old Meridian Rd Carmel free childs meal 6 and under with an adult meal purchase CC Pizza all Indy locations 3 and under eat free Mother/daughter Pamper Night, Friday, May 10th, at Chick-fil-A Avon 10791 East US Highway 36

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Jim Dandy Family Restaurant Kids’ 5 and under eat free from the kids menu 2301 Conner St, Noblesville, IN 46060 Steak N Shake all Indianapolis locations CC Pizza all Indy locations 3 and under eat free

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Scotty’s Brewhouse 3905 E. 96th Street Indianapolis, IN & 1 Virginia Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204 Jim Dandy Family Restaurant Kids’ 5 and under eat free from the kids menu 2301 Conner St, Noblesville, IN 46060 Steak N Shake all Indianapolis locations CC Pizza all Indy locations 3 and under eat free (Please call ahead to verify details)

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Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is both a very hard day and a very special day for me. It’s a hard day because I lost my mom to breast cancer 20 years ago this July. She was only 70 years young and I was only 35 years old - from my perspective, way too young for her and for me. You see my mom was always my best friend. I could not only tell her anything, she always knew the right thing to say. I was truly blessed to have been raised by a woman who, even though I am only 4’9” tall, raised me to be a very tall, confident woman.

She taught me how to dream and how I can do anything I set my mind to. She taught me to set goals and do what is needed to reach those goals. And she did it most times very subtly. She was the perfect example of unconditional love. She was kind, compassionate, never had a harsh word for anyone, always smiled and never complained…even throughout her 15 year illness journey. So I miss her terribly, especially on Mother’s Day.

out on a lot as I climbed the corporate ladder, but we have a relationship like none other – another best friend. I have watched her grow and blossom into a beautiful, confident woman and phenomenal mother.

Now, the best part of Mother’s Day is being a Nanie (aka grandma). I love being silly, playing make-believe, climbing the 4 story jungle gyms, going to the theater, planting in the garden and so much more.

One of my favorite things to do is what I call Nanie days…where we get to spend an entire day together. We go to breakfast, the museum or zoo, shopping…a full day and night. This is the time I get to teach them what my mom taught me and what I have learned.

My business, Women Changing Lives, allows me to live a life where time and money no longer govern every decision I make. It enables me to have Nanie days whenever I want…no boss to ask, setting my own I also really love Mother’s Day, because 34 hours, work and family balance. If you want years ago I was blessed with my daughter. to create a life of freedom and flexibility, Raising her as a single mom, we grew up call me at 317-828-3061 or email Karen@ together. It wasn’t always easy, as I missed WomenChangingLives.net.

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