Barbara Boroson
Licensed Master Social Worker,
Scholastic & ASCD author,
National Speaker & Autism Inclusion Specialist
~providing practical, dynamic autism support for general educators~

Barbara Boroson
Licensed Master Social Worker
Scholastic & ASCD author
National Speaker & Autism Inclusion Specialist
~providing practical, dynamic autism support for general educators~
Consultation and Support for Parents & Guardians
Barbara Boroson provides supportive, individualized consulting and case management for parents and caregivers, including:
- advocacy
- parenting guidance
- evaluation consultation and interpretation
- therapeutic provider search support
- IEP planning support
- IEP meeting consultation and advocacy
- school search support
- school visits and observations
- transition planning
- adjustment and grief counseling
- family counseling
Hot, hot, hot off the presses!
Fully updated 2nd edition, from Scholastic
Making Friends at School
Most child development milestones are monitored closely by parents from a very young age: Can my child walk? Check! Use a cup to drink? Check! Jump on one foot? Recite the ABCs? Check and check! Then there are child development “soft skills”—social and emotional skills that can be harder to judge and even more challenging to teach.
In-Service Training for Teachers’ Aides
Last week I had the opportunity to provide an in-service training to all of the teachers’ aides in the Bronxville, NY school district. The workshop was called, “Making a Difference in the Classroom: Support for Supporters.”
First-Day Strategies for Autism in Mainstream Classrooms
Every student on the spectrum will enter your classroom bearing a backpack full of worries. If they can’t put those worries down on Day One, then toting that heavy load will become a way of life at school, a learned behavior. Each day they will return burdened and compromised by the worries on their backs.