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MindScent® Is a "Scentsational" Discovery & Educational Kit for Children & Families

by Ruth Heagney May 01, 2020

While MindScent® Smell.Discover.Connect kit was initially developed for SLPs and educators, it can also be a great learning and discovery activity the entire family can enjoy together during this challenging time of "Stay Home, Stay Safe".

Posted in "nose", Activity Kits, ASD, Assisted Living Communities, Campfire, communication, Discovery and Educational Tool Kit, Educators, Fact Cards, Family Activity, guessing games, Guinness Book Of World Records, Memory Care, methods for use, Mindscent®, multi sensory, Ruth Sutcliffe, scent, scent design, Scent Memories, Sense of Smell, SLPs, smell of bread, Smell.Discover.Connect, Stay Home Stay Safe, storytelling, Visual Clue Cards, Watermelons, What's That Smell?

Challenges Of Raising a Child With A Disability Part III

by Ruth Heagney October 16, 2019

Being a mother has to be the toughest job on earth, and being a mother of a child with a disability is worthy of a gold medal for stamina, patience and mental and emotional strength.

Posted in ASD, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Janis Gaudelli, Parenting, Scent Memories, Sense of Smell, Special Education, Special Needs, The Daily Feels, Vacationing

Challenges of Raising a Child With A Disability Part II

by Ruth Heagney September 29, 2019

Michele S. lives in Australia, and was my first MindScent® customer. It is my second interview of three with a parent who is raising a child with ASD. Warning: Keep a handkerchief handy.

Posted in Asberger Syndrome, ASD, Australia, Autism, Blog, Children With Disabilities, Dementia, Mindscent®, Non-Verbal Autistic, parental advice, petit mal, Plasticine, The Smell of Coconuts, Tony Attwood