by Tali Berman | May 15, 2014 |
I know I promised that my next blog will be about cultivating social skills (and I will do that next week!), I just have to tell you what happened yesterday. I had a call with a man from India. He began to tell me about his 12 year old son with autism. He spoke about...Read More
by Tali Berman | Mar 4, 2014 |
This is a picture of my dear friend Leah; devoted friend, wife and mother of 5 (ages 2-12). She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and after a grueling fight, passed away 8 months later. This photo was taken just months before she passed away- already a year...Read More
by Tali Berman | Nov 13, 2013 |
Today falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur on the Jewish calendar. This marks the beginning of the Jewish New year and is a time to connect to what is sacred in our lives. For me, it is a time to take a break from our endless ‘doing’ and connect to ‘being’. ...Read More
by Tali Berman | Nov 13, 2013 |
I just finished watching a video of one of one of my private clients, Patty, playing with her son, Eric. What I saw was a devoted mother trying to help her child stay on task with a variety of activities: puzzles, matching cards and reading books. She was working hard...Read More
by Tali Berman | Nov 13, 2013 |
Many of the parents I have worked with over the years have expressed an urgency they feel in seeing their child develop within a certain time frame — trying to “beat the clock” before they lose the ideal “window of development.” This can...Read More