Hi, I’m Silvia.

In today's blog, I answer a question a mom sent me recently:

How can I teach pointing to my 2-year-4-month-old nonverbal child, so he can tell me what he wants?

So let's go straight to the point and learn all about pointing.

Pointing is an importa...

Enable Ireland has launched its new Podcast (and a video version of it, too), called Enable Conversations, and I was honoured to be their first guest.

In this conversation with its host, Sebastian Koppe, I speak about my experience as a parent and p...

I have recorded a free mini-training video answering some of the questions I received.

In this video, I discuss the topic:

How to help expand children's attention span. 

You may be interested in this week's topic if your child or student:

...

Boo!

Halloween is a very exciting time of the year for the kids. Spooky costumes, trick or treating, and the thought of getting enough sweets to last them for an entire year have all kids ecstatic.

I have a little surprise for you here, and it's no...

As I prepare new vlogs and articles, I want to ensure that the new content I create is helpful to you. And that is why I would love to hear what's in your mind.

Would you like to know more about parenting a child with additional needs? Or about earl...

When we support children who are not speaking yet, we tend to be anxious for them to say their first words. However, we must first focus on understanding language and the meaning of words, as children need to understand words before using them to com...

Using signs while reading books can be a bit tricky at first. You may not know all the signs, and it's hard to read a new story and sign along if you haven't done it before.

Bu...

Here in the Angel household, we did different things in the summer of 2022.

Typically, every summer, we spend a few weeks near Barcelona with my parents (that’s where I am from originally).

But not this summer!

One of my nieces got married in Hels...

I sing it every...

I have another song and tutorial for you.

In this video, you will learn the Lámh signs for the Clean Up song.

If you work with young children, you most likely use this song to get your kids to put things away. If you didn't know this song before, y...

I have another song and tutorial for you.

More than likely, you often sing this song at home and in the classroom. 

In this video, you will learn the Lámh signs for Happy Birthday.

I sing (as best I can) and sign for you in the video, and after th...

As educators and parents, we offer praise when our children cooperate and follow instructions. We might even provide reinforcements for it, such as when we ask them to do a tabletop task and once completed, the child can play with their favourite toy...

Ready, steady, go games help develop your child's listening and attention skills and early communication skills.

In today's blog, I outline the benefits of Ready-Steady-Go games for young children with autism, so you can use these activities to help...

Some children with additional needs learn behaviours that help them avoid doing activities they don't want to do.

From a young age, they may have learned, for example, that performing "party tricks", shouting, or hiding under the table are useful be...

Recently, in conversation with a group of educators, I recommended some resources and videos from well-known autistic self-advocates.

One of the teachers shook her head and said, “I have to be careful with that. Parents might look at some autistic s...