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Your Introductory Discussion with Enda and Val

We are dedicated to sharing what we have learned with parents in need, so that all autistic children can succeed.

Online speech and language therapy - Animated Language Learning

The introductory session is currently being provided to families for a limited period.

The session maybe conducted over the phone or in person at our University research center based on what works best for you.

Want to learn about special needs parenting and our journey with our boys? Click here to see our sister parenting site, Kids Speak!

 

Learning readiness and sensory integration

By |May 9th, 2018|Categories: General, Parent stories, Questions answered|

Learning readiness and sensory integration If your child is everywhere at once and has the concentration span of a goldfish, how can you teach him anything? Our special needs children frequently have difficulty processing sensory [...]

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Speech therapy research center established

By |May 9th, 2018|Categories: General, In the media, Parent stories, Questions answered|

Galway Family’s Ambition to Change the World Through Their Sons’ Eyes NUI Galway Business and Innovation Centre support a Galway family’s global mission to make their language learning solution accessible for children with autism Thursday, [...]

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Autism: In case of emergencies.

By |May 5th, 2018|Categories: Advocacy, General, Parent stories, Questions answered|

We all have tough days And in the case of parenting special needs children a lot more so. At times just trying to get through the day can be such a trial. Not to mention all [...]

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Shopping with an Autistic child: Dealing with awkward situations

By |May 4th, 2018|Categories: General, Parent stories, Questions answered|

Feel you can't go shopping with your autistic child? As parents of language impaired children with the kind of behaviors that this brings, I frequently get asked about family activities. We all live in a society [...]

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Sport and the language impaired child.

By |May 3rd, 2018|Categories: General, Parent stories, Questions answered|

As parents of language deficient children, we know how incredibly isolating this condition can be. Yet a great many children with this and related disorders like autism can be highly visual. And with the [...]

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Speech and language learning: autism

By |April 28th, 2018|Categories: General, Parent stories, Questions answered|

Autism: how we taught speech and language. While it might sound obvious, if your child has autism or a speech and language disorder, your ability to practice language with your child becomes very restricted. I think the [...]

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Teaching time to non verbal children

By |April 27th, 2018|Categories: General, Parent stories, Questions answered|

Want to teach time? Many special needs parents ask me how to teach time to their non verbal autistic child. As with the Animated Language Learning program, visual strategies are the way to go: Help [...]

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ASSISTID Welcome Event

By |September 22nd, 2017|Categories: General, In the media, Parent stories, Questions answered|

ASSISTID Welcome Event By Alejandro Sotomayor A Welcome Event was held for the first cohort of ASSISTID Fellows at the Daughters of Charity campus at St Joseph’s Centre, Clonsilla. Sr Zoe Killeen, Director of [...]

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Autism Experts weigh in!

By |January 1st, 2017|Categories: General, In the media, Parent stories, Parent Videos, Questions answered|

A short video from autism experts Professors Siegel and Sullivan with Diane Provo weighing in on the Dodd family, language development and Animated Language Learning.

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Autism Speaks reports!

By |December 31st, 2016|Categories: Advocacy, General, In the media, Parent stories, Questions answered|

Technology that Uses Disney and Pixar to Educate Kids with Autism Technology can help children with autism and language disorders communicate with the world around them, Autism Speaks, August 19, 2013 Animated Language Learning, an [...]

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Conceptual Language!

By |December 31st, 2016|Categories: Advocacy, General, In the media, Parent stories, Questions answered|

Innovation: Animated Language Learning by Adam Harris, ASIAM Innovation is a new series on AspergersAdvice.org which aims to highlight innovative developments and ideas for products and services targeted at people and families affected by [...]

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Jen reports on progress!

By |June 3rd, 2016|Categories: General, In the media, Parent stories, Parent Videos, Questions answered|Tags: , , |

Language progress after 11 months. - ALL Parents Online I spoke on this blog, last December, about the progress we were seeing with my sons’ language. I found some video clips and spliced them [...]

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Irish Autism Action

By |February 5th, 2016|Categories: Advocacy, General, In the media, Parent stories, Questions answered|

Animated Language Learning Developed by Galway native Enda Dodd, Animated Language Learning (ALL) is newly developed internet based software specially developed for children with moderate to severe language learning difficulties. He created the programme [...]

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