My name is Steve Bockmann. I own a children's speech therapy, sensory, learning and educational center in Livonia, Michigan. We help children with learning challenges caused by Autism, Sensory Integration, Speech, Language,  Fine Motor and Gross Motor challenges. Questions, comments, critics please let me know steve@mygreatkid.com.  http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/SSB Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:29:21 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.squidoo.com/My_Great_Kid This lens is dedicated to helping the children, and families of the children, who face challenges caused by Autism, Sensory Integration Disorder, Speech and Lanugage Delays, Developmental Delays, Fine and Gross Motor Challenges and other mental, emotional, neurological and learning hurdles that the kids frequently called "special" have to overcome in their living, learning and loving. It's based on my own personal life as a father, advocate and owner of a children's therapy center where we work with many of these children and their families.  Please review this lens and then visit our main website at My Great Kid for more information about our center. Or feel free to download a packet of information about the programs that we have to offer.  If you'd like information on our nonprofit, created to provide therapy scholarships for children with Autism and other related challenges feel free to visit our Squidoo lens for it at Liberty Kids or check out the main website here. Thanks for visiting and please feel free to contact me with any thoughts, questions, comments or feedback by emailing me here. health Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:14:18 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/LIBERTYKIDS The Liberty Kids is a Michigan 501(C)3 nonprofit charity. We raise funds for children with Autism and other related challenges and disorders to help making affording the therapy they need a little more affordable. While working to raise funds we also work hard to increase awareness, understanding and support in the communities that these children and their families live in.  business Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:32:41 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/PoliceAbuseAutistic The basics of the case sound like, and probably soon will be, the plot line for the latest Law & Order. An Autistic girl "communicates" that she has been abused to a school worker. The catch ... she does it while using what's known as an "augmenative" or "facilitated" communication device. These devices while commonly used to help people with severe communication challenges are open to "misinterpretations" because they require the assistance of an outside person. When you mix in the fact that children with severe challenges (in this case Autism) sometimes require additional help in their day to day living (showering for example) you have all of the ingredients for a captivating, edge of your seat drama. The only problem is that this wasn't a t.v. show and the police in their "aggressive" investigation of the case trampled the rights and lives of two children and their family. The proof is detailed below in an excellent series (complete with interrogation video clips) by Detroit Free Press reporter Brian Dickerson. newsandpolitics Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:41:33 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/sensorylearning When we all were in school we were taught about our five senses : Sight, Smell, Hearing, Taste and Touch Sensory Learning is essentially the ability to incorporate different senses either alone or in combination to heighten and reinforce the learning process. Visual Learners :  Learn best by seeing and processing information in a visual way. They literally learn and see in pictures. Auditory Learners :  They learn best through verbal communication or listening with their ears.  Auditory learning is the overwhelmingly dominant basis for much of the learning that we do in school. Kinesthetic Learners : Learn best with the hands on full experience learning. They learn by moving, touching and experiencing things in the first person.  They frequently are very physically expressive and active - not the method most frequently appreciated in most school settings.  kids Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:53:57 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/wrightslaw Peter Wright (www.wrightslaw.com)will be in Livonia on April 23rd to personally conduct a Special Education advocacy training. Mr Wright in not only one of the top Special Education experts in the country, he's also the lawyer behind one of the landmark Supreme Court victories for children with special needs in the country. Besides being a top level attorney and legal expert Mr. Wright is also an expert at helping train parents to become advocates for their own children. Don't miss this rare opportunity to be trained by Mr. Wright in a rare Michigan visit. education Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:40:52 -0600