The five best material for children with Autism and Special Needs
Written by Lisa Beverley
We have over ten years experience tutoring and teaching our daughter with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Below is some of the materials we use that we believe were most successful in their learning and development. These methods can be used with any child with or without an autism spectrum disorder, pervasive developmental disorder or special needs.
Teaching Aid 1 - Creating a therapy room
Initially what we were going was the SON RISE program. Liz went to America for the Institute of options and made a two-week course on how to deal with a child with autism, the methods for working with and mentoring a child with autism and create a therapy room of a guardian for a child with autism I Special Needs.
The course is not just for parents of children with autism, but also for children with learning disabilities, pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) and children with special needs in general. The course also focuses heavily on how to treat an emotional level with the fact that your child has an intellectual disability, and there is ongoing support, if desired.
So coming home again Liz we have created a therapy room. We used a spare bedroom and painted in bright colors. The provisions with shelves and storage bins, play equipment, a computer and printer table, a child's height and chairs suitable for desk top and a hard coating. The basic idea was to have a room that the child can identify with an area of learning and fun only, somewhere in that time know that when there is time to learn.
Teaching Aid 2 - How to beat a child with autism
One of the useful things learned in the program Liz RISE son was a method for working with autistic children, a way to reach them and went to get yourself to their level. Lie on the floor and rock with them, rotate objects, as they do, repeat the sounds they make, enter their world. This is how we Isy recognize us, to do just that! She started paying attention when we enter their world and slowly begin to influence their behavior and satisfy their thirst for learning.
Most children with and without autism spectrum disorders, pervasive developmental disorders, learning disabilities or special needs enjoy learning, have a thirst for knowledge is only a matter of finding ways to reach them and make the learning fun for them and for you.
Teaching Aid 3 - Applied Behavior Analysis and Teaching of discrete trial
The next step for us was to enter the applied behavior analysis (ABA) and discrete trial teaching (DTT). Liz also seeked out and trained therapists, including students to work intensively with Uni Isy and progress was amazing. Isy loved being in the therapy room learning. Each session lasts 2 hours and up to three sessions a day six days a week.
In a relatively short Isy started to learn to count, spell his name, read books, ask for things, say yes or no, imaginative play, identify genres, moods, countless articles, and much more. In short, he began to communicate and be aware of your surroundings, we were on the moon! This really works.
Teaching Support 4 - A measure that is educational and IT team on AIDS
After a while Liz was building a wide range of autism spectrum disorders related materials, which could also be used with children with special needs, such as resources - picture cards, shapes, puzzles, letters, colors, sizes cards, picture books, cards gender etcTambién I started doing some IT support or computer based training, such as interactive flash cards with sound, and a customized interactive toilet training. Around this time I was working in Antarctica and Isy send through the Internet Inter
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