Happy New Year, CCS Families. A new year brings much excitement and possibility, but it can also bring some anxiety and apprehension especially in our children. We recognize that transitioning into a new year and new schedule can be stressful at CCS and we work to make your children’s environment and schedule at CCS as seemless and worry free as possible. The May Institute offers some helpful advice to help focus and ease your child into the new year.
Please let us know if there is anything specific we can do at CCS to help your child transition back.
In learning,
Sam Russo
Routines and Schedules Can Ease the Transition into the New Year
By Jenna Garvey, M.Ed., BCBA, LABA
As another holiday season draws to a close, many of us are looking forward to getting back to our regular routines. This is not surprising! While end-of-the-year celebrations are often joyful and fun, they can also create stress. From Thanksgiving through New Year’s, we attend parties and mingle with family, friends, and strangers. Routines are disrupted as we fulfill family obligations, partake in celebrations, and engage in merriment.
This time of year can be especially stressful for children with autism and other special needs. For many, the holiday break is almost two weeks long. If there are a number of parties and family gatherings held during that time, these children will experience a major change in their typical routines.