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Reach Team participating in the Surfing Madonna Oceans Project’s surfing camp this past Saturday. 🏄‍♀️ 🏄 ☀️ 🌊

Happy Wednesay!!! Here's today's "Tips and Tricks for Parents at Home!"

**Teach your child to communicate for things they want!**

((When your child struggles to tell you what they want, they can quickly become frustrated and use protests or tantrums to get their needs met. As parents, we often struggle to figure out what our children want when they are escalated in a tantrum. ))

You can teach your child to ask for things:

—Putting toys away at home, and having them just out of reach, in clear plastic bins (they can see the toys, you can see which toys they may be reaching for/ indicating that they want it), and you will be able to give them the words to ask for the items they want, before giving them the toys.
—Once your child indicates (by pointing at the item, or saying the name of the item- whatever is appropriate for them), give them the toy(s) immediately.

***This teaches your child that when they use words, or appropriate gestures like pointing, they can get what they want- without tanntruming or protesting! Their words have power!***

Using this tip, it will Increase Opportunities for your child to ASK for items, and allow you to help teach your child to ask.

You can use this tip for anything your child likes, including favorite snacks, toys, materials for activities they enjoy, and more!

Special Needs Surf Camp?!🏄‍♀️ 🌊

Reach Therapy will be sponsoring this event on August 6th in Carlsbad. We can’t wait! Check out the organization below for details. 🙂

Surf Camp | Surfing Madonna Oceans Project Surf Camp for Special Needs Kids is a big part of Surfing Madonna's Oceans Project Arts Programming Challenge Events