Transformative Coaching
for
Parents of Children with ASD

Get your child (any age!) on track.

Chances are, if you’ve made it to this page, it feels like your child is stuck on a railroad track, going in circles.

And you want nothing more than to help them move forward, engaging with their world confidently and freely.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of discouraging messages out there. Even very well-intentioned professionals can pass along the idea that not much is possible for a child on the Autism spectrum.

This might even be based on “years of experience.” And because of their authority, you might even start to believe them.

However, if you dig a bit deeper, you can see that “years of experience” also point to training that happened a long time ago… when we had a lot less information than we have now…

Attitudes paint the wrong picture.

The sad thing is, there’s this annoying gap between what’s been discovered in the latest research and what’s being practiced on the ground. (…not just with autism, with pretty much everything, *sigh*…)

And there’s this weird old myth that the brain is “hard-wired” in some way, so that after a certain point it can’t really change. So… that’s just not true.

Current research tells us that our brains are always growing and changing. Always.

And then there’s this tendency to respond to Autism with the attitude, “This is AUTISM. You’re just the parent. Let the professionals take it from here…”

False attitudes have serious flaws.

If we believe that the brain doesn’t change, then think how this attitude influences thinking about a person with Autism.

“Look at how he reacts when something unexpected happens. So, we must therefore keep everything as predictable as possible.”

Unfortunately, this attitude creates an unnatural world for the person with ASD, robbing them of opportunities to learn to be flexible and be self-directed in the world as it really is…

And, for a person whose core challenge is a difficulty with relating, you’ve just undermined their most basic relationship – the relationship they have with their parents.

So, then… what is the answer?

It’s surprisingly simple… YOU are.

I know this may sound shocking to many who are reading this. A lot of parents who are here with me now have had countless blows and false messages that make them feel inadequate, even like they’re an impediment to their child’s progress. (G-d forbid! A thousand times, G-d forbid!!!!!)

But as many scramble for a “cure” for Autism, and many more race around from one therapist to another treatment to “fix” it, if you gain nothing more from our encounter here today, I beg you to please take away this:

You are Your Child’s Best Medicine

YOU are. YOU!

One of my favorite moms describes how scared and alone she felt before we met, seeing how stuck her little girl seemed, not knowing how to help her.

Recently, she told me she had feared her daughter was destined for a very limited and dependent future. “But now,” she told me, “the sky’s the limit!”

Growth and transformation are possible for you and your family.

I can help.

Shoot me an email (julie.meyerowitz@hearmywordsautism.com), and we’ll arrange a time to talk!