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Autism
My son was diagnosed with autism at age 2 years and 3 months. A month later he was on intensive head-to-home treatment. In five years, he has been in a regular mainstream school, totally indistinguishable from his peers.
I quickly realized there was very little software available for teaching children with autism. This document presents information on Autism, I have acquired over the years and I used the software to facilitate the recovery of my son.
It is important to understand than no treatment or intervention of autism, a child with autism or PDD absorb far less information and knowledge environment a child type. A typical child will start talking to from 1.5 to 2 years with almost no help from his parents or brothers and sisters. It will then acquire around 6 new words per day and have a vocabulary of 10,000 words before the astonishing age of seven years. A child with autism may become verbal much later and have poor language skills and social skills, if not given the speech and behavioral therapy. At least initially, an autistic child should be gave a solid knowledge of basic knowledge, it must be taught speech, language and behavior appropriate to age.
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From working with your child
If you even suspect your child has autism or PDD, you must start work with him immediately. Do not waste valuable time waiting for a formal diagnosis of autism. I met a mother who has waited six month to establish a formal diagnosis of autism before starting any treatment. Imagine how she might teach his child at the time. You find out for yourself that most doctors know very little about autism and simply recommend speech therapy, special education or Early Intervention Centre. The worst thing that some doctors do a parent is to take away hope. You will gain more Further information about autism from other parents of autistic children that you all GP. When you work with your child and see the results, you will soon find other parents of children newly diagnosed with autism comes to you for advice. Start working with your child now, even if it means just trying to communicate with him through the game this time will never be lost. Although Tests show that your child does not have an autistic disorder, you have lost nothing. Trying to teach a child with autism at the table could be difficult at first, that the child may resist learning and a lot of positive reinforcement and encouragement is essential. There are many Structured teaching methods for children with autism, such as ABA, TEACCH, PECS and Greenspan to name a few. Many parents adopt their own, often very effective strategies to teach their children at home.
Denial
Many parents simply do not believe that their child has an autistic disorder and will not even get a diagnosis. Too often, they ignore the obvious signs of autism their child and somehow hope that it will improve its own. They often wait until it is too late to start working with their child. Some of the excuses I have heard is: "He looks good – it's just the terrible twos" "My son started to talk to five", "Einstein Autism and he started talking at nine", " He'll just grow out of it "(and the list goes on …).
autism diagnosis
Although early diagnosis of autism or ASD for this potentially devastating disease is critical, autistic children rarely receive a diagnosis before the age of 3 or 4 years. There are no outward physical differences between children with autism and typical children – in fact, most children with autism are very beautiful. The only differences are behavioral. Autistic children present at least some of the following:
Speech Skills poor language
Inappropriate play eg. child may continuously spin the wheels of a toy car rather than pushing
May toys online up or other objects
Trouble interacting with others
Poor eye contact
Walk over
Hand flapping
Tend to be very focused and odd interests
Not asking for things the same way as other children
Failure to show objects other
Failure to direct his name being called
Failure to engage in reciprocal play where he is going back and forth between two people
Failed to copy other motor
Can not use pointing to direct the attention of another person
Can withstand social touch such as hugging
Autism Spectrum
An autistic child can be anywhere in the spectrum of Autism wide. At the top end, the child may seem almost normal and have some autistic traits. It may be the quiet child in the classroom with little or no friends and a couple of weird habits. It may not even be diagnosed with autism until much later in life. At the other end of the autism spectrum, the child would be called low-functioning, have poor speech and language and would require more intense treatment of autism. No matter where a child is in the autism spectrum, it can and should be helped.
PDD NOS and autism
Pervasive developmental disorder or PDD is actually a bit of a misnomer. Many doctors who do not want commit to a diagnosis of autism is telling parents that their child has ASD or PDD NOS, when in fact the child is in autism or spectrum of ASD.
Types of Autism
Some children are born with autism, while others develop the disease in general in their second year. The latter is known as late onset autism. The child begins life normally and gradually develops symptoms of autism, gradually losing the floor and show more symptoms of autism so. If diagnosed and treated quickly with one-on-one treatment, children with autism do show a remarkable improvement, often to the point of being called "recovered". This is where the child Autism is distinguished from his peers.
In Asperger's Disorder and autism
Asperger disorder, also known as syndrome Asperger is a type of pervasive developmental disorder (PDD or PDD NOS) as defined by the American Psychiatric Association. Asperger Syndrome Autism is similar to high level in the way it affects the way a child and traits of socialization. A distinction between Asperger and autism is that Asperger children often have normal language development, even if the pace, tone and emphasis are irregular. Unlike autism, Asperger syndrome does not delay other aspects of development, a child usually has age-appropriate autonomy and a stake in the world around him. However, as autism, children with Asperger syndrome have abnormal social interactions, facial expressions and gestures. Asperger syndrome affects more men than women 9 times. Its cause is unknown. Further research is needed to confirm whether Asperger syndrome is a condition that is genetically linked to autism.
Autism Therapy and speech
A common mistake is to assume that the speech is the answer to autism. Speech therapy certainly has its place in the incentive and refining child's speech and vocalization, but it takes many hours per week of intensive one-on-one work to teach children Compliance with autism, new concepts, the language and behavior appropriate to age. An autistic child will probably see a speech therapist for a or two hours per week. It takes a lot more work to get an autistic child ready for school and to ensure it is doing in school once it's there. Once your child is in school, it would be wise to continue the speech therapy. Some schools have a speech therapist working with children at the school itself. More information about autism and schools later.
The language key
The frustration of a child with autism has been described as once being in a labyrinth the walls are glass, trying to communicate with someone outside and could not bang on the walls. There is no doubt that a lot of frustration and anger can be reduced or avoided when communication and language is encouraged and developed. A typical child very early on that it works in its own interest to acquire all the language of an autistic child can not. It must be taught that language to get her results. On this point, if your child asks for something, give immediately or at least respond to his request immediately. ignoring it will certainly not encourage speech.
When should I start treating a child with Autism?
If a child has autism, the clock has already begun to tick even before the formal diagnosis. Most gains will be realized when the child is in its infancy. Although Children as young as 18 months are the treatment of autism, most are diagnosed after 2 years and begin treatment later still. Whatever you do, do not leave until it's too late. Quite simply, the sooner you start teaching an autistic child best.
Autism Treatment
Of all the therapies for autism around, ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) has attracted the most attention. The system developed by Dr. Ivar Lovaas at UCLA in the Sixties is an educational program that works on the systematic elimination features "of autism that the child does not meet the criteria for the state. The system is very intensive, but proved extremely effective in almost all cases of autism. The education system Applied Behavior Analysis essentially breaks a task into subtasks and places a high emphasis on rewarding the child to work well. There is no corporal punishment at all in the system. Treatment of autism begins in a very rigid, but gradually becomes structured as a typical school environment. Those who know little or no ABA may that it is too rigid and turns the child into a "robot" by learning by heart. It seems so early but that the child learns to learn, it progresses to a point where he can join his peers in their typical style of learning. Most parents who stay with the program two to three years can successfully integrate their children. The results speak for themselves. The child usually starts school attending regular classes with an assistant. Aid gradually "faded" and mixes of children in the class. More info aid and fade later. An excellent software is the "Discrete Trial Trainer" that uses the principles of applied behavior analysis rapidly enhance a child of the language. We have this product in our range of software.
How many hours?
A question often asked is how many hours of behavioral therapy must have a child with autism need? There are many cases where a child with autism needs 40 hours per week, but of course it depends on the severity level of the child. A program usually begins with about 15 to 20 hours per week and can work 30 hours or more per week. Once a child with autism is in school, hours of work at home will decline. Quality is of course more important than quantity and energetic, dedicated therapists are essential to the progress of your child.
Work with your child
I strongly suggest parents start working with the child at least initially, rather than leaving a therapist. Your child will have confidence and understand that you are trying to help. You need a high energy, be animated and really I love to teach your child. It is not easy, and experts estimate that you could do this for no more than 10 to 12 hours per week. If both parents in turn, the task is of course much easier. Later, you can introduce a therapist or two to help as you will not be able to maintain a high level of energy for far too long. An advantage of the initial work is that you'll know you a good therapist when you see one and be able to eliminate those that are of little value to your child.
Choosing a therapist
Choosing a good therapist an autistic child is not easy if you have not worked with a child yourself. Many experienced parents are actually able to form their new therapists. Therapists may be anyone with enough energy, enthusiasm, patience and genuine love for children. The below the age of 18 are often too young and immature (some will actually be scared!). Mothers of children have often not the time and energy and often do not like being told what to do with children because they feel they are the experts. Candidates me told how she regularly smacked his own children when they misbehave. There is no place for these people in your house. A good tip is to make a short list of those you think are appropriate and that there will be a training period of a couple of weeks there will be no payment. Many of them abandon the work with an autistic child is very demanding and not suitable for everyone.
Schools Special
Although there are many excellent special schools around, unfortunately, many are underfunded, inadequate and poorly equipped to teach children with autism. It is usually not enough face-to-one support to children and worst of all, the child may pick up inappropriate behavior of other children with autism. I find it breaks my heart because there is so much a child autism can learn in the critical early years.
Integrating schools
Your goal should be to place her child in a mainstream school. Three years of intensive one-on-one work at home will go a long way towards the successful integration of a child. Once a child with autism is integrated with success you have won half the battle. I say this because it would be wise continue to work with him at home as well. You may need to educate the director and staff about autism and a good idea for you or your therapist or adviser (if you have one) to make a short presentation. I urge the association with your child teachers to address the difficulties school. You can use this feedback to work with him at home thus preventing it from falling behind. Getting ahead his school books and materials they will cover the school is a good idea that you could work with those at home, read to him night, etc. so it is not entirely new to him at school. It is advisable to keep their home therapists as collaborators school because they know much better than any assistance the school provided. You must discuss with the school principal before enters school. Once he starts school, you may need to start small hours, for example. 2-3 hours per day and gradually increase to a full day.
unequal powers
A child with autism often have unequal powers, example. it can have very strong areas such as storage of pictures or words and reading at an early age and weaknesses such as taking social contact with peers. You must first identify the strengths. It goes without saying that you should use these forces to the greatest advantage. For example, if the child has strong reading skills, explore this maximum. Many children with autism have strong visual skills. Use images to stimulate and improve their language. If your child learns to read or write before coming to school, it will be a thing less to worry and he will have more time to acquire additional knowledge it lacks.
"My child can not talk at all! Where do I start? "
A frantic mother of an autistic child called me this question. Teaching speech to a child with autism is a basic step by step. A child can not run before we can walk. Before attempting actual speech, you can first teach a child to match identical images, then images that non-identical corresponding to a red car with a different color. The next step receptive language is where the child is asked for the image, for example. cat, horse, house etc. (see next section). If your child can not reach receptive language or has already reached this stage, it is promising because it can at least understand what you say and this will eventually lead to him to express himself verbally. Do not be complacent though, as his vocabulary may be limited. You do what you can do that its vocabulary is extended as widely as possible.
Receptive language
This is where the child understands what others say. It is a major step in the evolution of an autistic child. It is not enough for children to understand a handful of words such as food, milk, children etc typical cycle of seven years can understand and use at least 10,000 words. An autistic child needs his receptive language stimulated as early and as quickly as possible.
Receptive Language Software
The Discrete Trial Trainer is a software that lets you use your computer to learn your child a number of labels and sounds. What happens is the display screen 2 to 5 images and the child is asked for example on the speakers. "Eating Touch". If the child clicks properly on the correct picture using the mouse or touch screen, it is rewarded with a little animation. When a label is mastered, the program moves on the next label, occasionally bearing labels control to see if the child has remembered them. This CD has been a great success. You can adjust the difficulty level and you get a visual report of its progress. With this package you can use to teach classes that letters, words, shapes, numbers, colors, objects, parts the body, actions / verbs.
Teaching with Images
"A picture is worth a thousand words images" and use is an excellent way to teach speech, language and communication. Children with autism are very visual and can be taught almost anything using images. Temple Grandin, the renowned author of many books on autism autism said she thinks in pictures. You need thousands of good photographic images to help "spread", ie if an autistic child has just one picture of a white dog and taught it a dog, can easily recognize a German shepherd or a Rottweiler as a dog when he sees it. Using a new and diverse material is also a child bored and frustration. Reduce the number of images or designs used stick. True color photographic material is preferable that the images are more real than life and much easier for the child to identify. We never too many pictures in your collection. get them from anywhere, you can – magazines, old books, web, catalogs, junk mail, even!
Printing from a CD-ROM
The falling prices of computers and color printers has created a trend away from buying expensive printed flashcards software to such as CD-ROM that contains thousands TeachingPix2 color photographic images of teaching that can be printed from a PC to house on a color printer at a fraction of the cost. You can pay up to one dollar for each flashcard printed, printing everything from our CD-ROM which is equivalent to about 1 cent per image. Another advantage of using a CD-ROM with a wide range of pictures you can select and print you need at any time. You do not need to print the pictures right away. The pictures on the TeachingPix2 may have their labels on or off. You can print photos in sizes ranging from 1 per page (larger) to 8 per page (smallest). This CD-ROM with more than 10,000 images of teaching Print This is our most popular and widely used to teach children around the world. The images can be used in any system of education such as ABA and PECS, including work with relevant, receptive language and expressive language.
Printers
Modern color printers are not only a better fate than their fair few years ago, they can also print photo-quality prints on ordinary (Photocopy), paper and do not require costly special paper. If you print thousands of images for the cards, you do not want to print on special paper. You must be able to print photo quality images at regular photocopy paper. If you already have a printer who needs special paper and want to print thousands of photos, it might be interesting to watch how a new printer. Inkjet Printers new products high quality text and images in black and white or color. Many of today or inkjet printers can print BubbleJet photographic images and text from a laser that come fairly close to the quality of more expensive laser printers. Personally, I use an inkjet Canon although there are many other good quality, but low-cost models around.
Printing in draft mode
Try printing in draft mode. If the quality is almost as good as the best mode, it may be worth your while printing in this mode that prints will not only faster but also cheaper because they use less ink.
Laminated photos
Laminated photos will give them a much longer life. If you laminate a lot of pictures, a good idea is to first purchase a good laminator. If you insert more than one picture by rolling bag, insert your images carved into the pocket with a space between each image for trimming around later. After execution of the pocket through the laminator, cut between the cards. Do not forget to round off the sharp edges that can easily injure someone. The laminating pouches, we recommend 120 microns (stronger) 150 microns thick. A good idea is to insert 4 photos lined by letter size (or A4) laminating pouch. Pouches can be purchased in packages of a hundred.
Use your own photos
It is always a good idea to also post your own photos taken of the child's environment, members of the family, familiar places, opportunities, school, classroom, school friends, etc. to teach you children. Using a conventional camera (With film) is OK, but taking hundreds of photographs is not only expensive, but you can not easily resize photos, add labels to easily include images or other electronic documents that you can create. The advent of digital camera you can take an unlimited number of photos you can download to your computer. Once the photos are downloaded, the device is reset and you can take the next batch. A great feature of CD-ROM TeachingPix2 is that you can see, resize and print your digital photos to use as maps.
The organization of your cards
It is important to organize your cards or you will lose valuable time looking for them when you need it. My suggestion for the size of memory cards to be used for educational purposes is to maintain a level of 4 per of letter size (or A4) page – much bigger and you will find it difficult to store photos. A good idea is to obtain a set of (preferably long) card file cabinets cards in different categories, for example. animals, activities, food, vehicles, plants, etc. The cabinets that we recommend are around 16in (42cm) long and can each hold at least 200 laminated flashcards. Take a laminated photo card with you for the size in research cabinets. A good place to find the cabinets is an office furniture and equipment store. I use a cabinet drawer in each category. You can cut the name cards with tabs so that they stand out above the maps divide the categories, for example. Animal – cat, dog, chicken, etc.
Rotate your hardware
Once a name, word or concept has been mastered by your child, you must rotate your hardware ie do not use the same image again and again that it can be very frustrating for an autistic child (another good reason to keep a large collection of images). A good idea to make sure that your images are in rotation is to "select forward and return back," whether you have 8 photos of a cat, then choose one from the front and all when you're finished with it, return to the back of the set. In this way, Your photos will be used consistently.
Using sound
Many children with autism have difficulty sound processing or to distinguish the sound of normal conversation. Therefore, they often appear deaf even if they have normal hearing. Typical children are able to "filter out" background noise from the auditory information useful. Autistic children often attempt to block this bombardment of sound and to withdraw into their own world. In many cases, they hold their ears. In some cases, they rock back and forth to try to block the sensory overload. It is important to teach these children to identify sounds. This goes a long way in being able to sort the sound of auditory information useful, such as instructions of a teacher, the voice of a parent, traffic, dog barking, etc. Some sounds you can teach your child to identify are:
Airplane, Ambulance, baby crying, Bagpipes, bath tap, Bee, Bell, bicycle Bell, nose, brushing teeth, firing, Cat, Chick, Chicken, children playing, cutting, church bell, clapping hands, clock, cough, cow, Cricket, Crow, baby crying, crying children, cymbals, dentist drill, dogs, Dolphins, puppies, Drill, Drum, Duck, Rubber Ducky, Biting Apple, trumpeting, fan, fire, fire alarm, fire truck, fireworks, flushing, flute, food blender, frog, goat, Goose, shots, guitar, hair dryer, hammering nails, Harp, helicopter, horse neighing galloping horse, Jet, PC keyboard, Kiss, Kitten, knocks on the door, laughter, lightning, Lion, Monkey, Motorcycle, Mouse, mow the lawn, the ocean, a bottle of coke opening, Owl, Parrot, Peacock, Piano, Pig, pinball, police car, Pouring, Power drill, crossing, rooster crowing, sawing wood, scissors, Seagull, sea lions, sheep, shower, sneezing, pool table, stirring tea in a cup, Tambourine, Tap, Running, tear paper, telephone, tractor, train, truck, trumpet, Turkey, Hoover, yawn One way is to use a cassette player and memory cards to get children to identify and / or match the sound to images. One option much easier to "SpeakingPix" software.
The "SpeakingPix" CD-ROM (screenshot shown above) comes with more than 2,200 images each with a voice that plays when you click. You can save each voice or sounds as often as you want. Included are all the 150 sounds listed above with an image of each under "sounds" you can teach your child to identify. This product is a valuable tool speech therapy. You can easily integrate your own images and voices or sounds and to play the sounds by clicking on the pictures. You can print what you see on the screen as cards. It's a fun way to learn and identify sounds and voices.
Sensory issues
Autism is a sensory condition affecting one or more senses of the child:
Touch: A child with autism can be very sensitive to touch and can withstand close contact, so even embrace even his parents.
Sound: Some sounds can be intolerable for a child with autism. It can even hold his ears and heard voices or sounds. Some children with extreme sensitivity its best response if the teacher speaks to them softly.
Taste: Food textures, some provisions could be unpleasant for an autistic child. Some children do not eat certain foods shortly.
Sight: An adult with autism said he could not bear to watch the color yellow.
Odor: Some children may have a strong preference for certain, often unusual odors.
You should keep in mind when setting up the learning environment for your child and be prepared to make any adjustments.
Learning environment
An autistic child should begin to work in a calm environment without distractions. However, the real world is not sterile. A classroom of children can be very noisy. You should slowly up the "noise" in the middle of teaching your child. One way is to start with the doors and windows closed over time, gradually the doors and windows. You can also introduce the soft music, turning his very gradually over weeks. If you find your child can not concentrate, reduce noise levels and start gradually.
Working in the table
Work and concentration to the table for a child with autism will not be easy, especially at first. Keep sessions very short to begin. It is always tempting to keep going when the child is doing well. But this will backfire if you keep the child working on a year too long. You 'll know when the child does not begin at the next meeting as he will show a lot of protest behavior. are still in place gradually. Never reward a child who works well with more work. If you feel he has done particularly well in an exercise, let it go for a short break do what he wants. It will soon make the connection between good work and rewards. There may be times when you let him go for a break just to come at the table with no protest at all.
Finish on a positive note
When you start a series of exercises with your child, you should always end on a positive note rating. If you end a fiscal year if the child has a tantrum, it will simply say he may terminate his employment with an outburst. tantrums could mean that the drill is too long, too difficult or frustrating easy or boring. There may be times when the child is simply not complete an exercise. In this case, make him do something much easier to finish for example. "Clap your hands" (he hits) "OK, good boy, you go". This principle applies to all aspects of the daily routine of the child and activities. For example, if seizures brushing teeth and you allow him to leave the bathroom while he is screaming, he soon learns that the best way out of brushing teeth is to throw a tantrum. The only way is to ignore the anger (can be very difficult) and continue with the task, or at least until the anger has subsided. let go, then teach him that it is rewarded for good behavior or to finish the job.
Organize
You must book a room for your work and store your equipment such as toys, books, paintings, maps, videos, etc. You'll soon build a huge volume of items that must be available when you need it. A good system of shelving to hold your books, videos and lots of good size stackable drawers for cards, pictures and toys is a good idea. If your child has exceeded its toy store in the garage. Some toys have lost their reinforcing value could be reduced to a later stage. For a child with autism, to play with appropriate toys is always a plus. Do not hold back on him to new toys. Join a toy library is a good idea of saving money. Another idea is to network with other parents, and toys to share with them.
Deciphering
Reading is of course an essential skill without which a child can not go very far in school or society. A common mistake is to teach reading using only words, without pictures or other media. The child can learn to decipher by memorizing the sequence of letters, but can not understand much of what he reads. A much better approach is to start with images with text below. The child is then associate words with pictures. Do not teach your child to read words he would not know the meaning of. The CD-ROM TeachingPix2 mentioned above is a ready source of images that can be printed with or without labels to teach sight reading.
Phonics
Most educators do not use the visual strengths of the child to complete this method of reading. Use of the images makes it much more interesting and of course, relevant. Again, do not teach your child to read words that did not know the meaning of. You must document what your child can read. Once you are confident he knows the meaning of a word, mark this word as "mastered".
Reading Software
We sell a CD-ROM called CompuThera offers an approach seven-step gradual discrete to teach reading. It was designed for children with learning difficulties by observing alone. It is designed for visual learners and children with classic and traditional teaching methods can not motivate. Children with autism fall into this category, so CompuThera will be most beneficial.
Targeting both receptive and expressive cognitive skills, the treatment plan CompuThera based on articles mastered to progress in the program using simple drills, eventually leading to reading simple sentences.
The ability to read often triggers in autistic children the conceptual leap to the forefront of breakthrough in communication. The CD-ROM supplied with full instructions and "Seven Steps to Reading for visual learners and children with autism" manual therapists.
Using the TV as a teaching tool
My son learned his alphabet from Sesame Street. He enjoys watching movies. I use this to advantage by allowing watch DVDs with subtitles on. Undoubtedly, this contributed to his mastery of reading. Spelling
When spelling test your child, do not just say, for example. "Cat Spell". Try to work on the word you want to say, for example. "What animal will mew milk and drinks. When he says "cat", you say: "Great, cat out". This will help to build connections in mind that all developing children need. Be creative and use different clues each time.
Know when to
Once your child has mastered a year (that is the understanding of a word, concept, spelling, reading or otherwise), you must go or he's bored and frustrated, which may manifest itself in bad behavior. A good rule is whether the child gets the exercise to correct 8 times out of 10 believe control. Go to the next piece of hardware but not controlled exercise twice a week for two weeks, then once a week for a months, then once a fortnight for two months and then once a month for four months. The exercise is then truly mastered. Of course, you could be running several different programs on a given day. Work with your child teach you to challenge your child, but not to the point where requirements are too high. A good adviser to monitor your teaching schedule is well worth considering.
What a consultant do?
Initially, a consultant to develop a knowledge base to determine if the child is developmentally, and therefore establish a curriculum to follow on a daily basis. Ideally, you should consult your counselor once a week. On a weekly, a good consultant will work intensively with your child for about two hours while you look very closely – you'll need to do the same work during the following week. After working with the child, the consultant will speak to parents and decide on the work to be done in the following week. With our son, we have kept a spreadsheet directly from the work we have done during the week. When the consultant came in, she could focus on the printed and see at a glance how it fared over the week. At the end of the meeting, it changes the sheet to include all new programs. A consultant will tell you which programs are to begin, prosecute and file.
Recording Method
With several different exercises to schedule your child, you must have some sort of registration system. Keep a record of years of a child and the progress is very important. If this is not done, you run the risk of not remembering what the child has learned. You against child using materials repeatedly and the worst of everything you could drill down equipment before it was controlled. A simple but very effective to save the child's progress on a spreadsheet like Excel. Keep track of images, words, etc. that under control, current and new, gives you an easy way to turn your material so that the child is not bored with the controlled items, who urges him to concentrate on the current hardware and allows you time to work on getting new items and ideas that can be added to list. The complete schedule can be held on one file for each program on another worksheet in the file.
The most frequent words used
Webster's dictionary has complete over 460,000 words. However, approximately 75% of all words used in textbooks school, library books, newspapers and magazines are in the basic vocabulary of only 220 Dolch sight words! These words are: one, about, after, again, all, always, I am one, and all are about that, ask, at, ate, away, be, because, been, before, at best, better, big, black, blue, both wearing brown, but you can buy, call, came, can, bear, clean, cold, come, could cut, do, do, do, done, down, draw, drink, eat, eight, all fall away, quickly, to find, first, five, fly, for, found, four, from, full, funny, gave, get, give, go, go, go, good, but I, green, grow, had, has, have, he, aid, her, here, him, her, hold, hot, how wrong I, if, in, is, she, her, jump, just, keep, kind, know, laugh, that light, like a little, live, long, look, made, make, many, may, me, much, must, my, my, never, new, No, not today, walking, off old on once, one, only, open, or, our, on, above own selection, the game, please, pretty, pull, put, running, reading, red, ride, right, round, run, said, saw, for example, see, seven, is she, show, sing, sit, six, sleep, small, then some, soon, start, stop, take, tell, ten, thank you, that, their, them, then there, they, they, think, this, these three, for now, together, also, try two under up upon us use very, walk, want, warm, was, washing, we, thus, has been, what, when, where, who, white, who, why, you want, at work, would, write, yellow, yes, you, your.
Keep these words to reach and teach them to your child as soon as possible. have pictures put up on your wall or bulletin board with the labels below them. When your child begins to read, this list should be kept handy. Some concepts such as "believe and "wishes" come with simple items such as "jump" and "drink" but hey, Rome was not built in one day! Excellent source of words is the Ladybird series of books called "Keywords Reading Scheme" which is a set of books for small children organized very cleverly to include the 1200 most used words in English language. These well-illustrated books gradually build the language of the child.
Strike brick wall
Some educators will tell you that you will end up saying hit a brick wall you will not be able to exceed a certain point where teaching an autistic child. Do not believe it. We were told our child would not be able to read beyond the standard of 200 words. In 6 years he knew Read and understand over 1,000 words and fate of over 400 with his vocabulary is increasing daily. When you reach a brick wall, do not break your head against. Find a way around! Also, do not believe everything the doctors tell you. You will find yourself the strengths and weaknesses of your child as you work with him.
Using the computer as a teaching tool
Children with autism are generally very strong visual learners can benefit greatly from a computer at home. However, there are many more prizes and over-rated software there with a very low capacity and little educational value. The best software allows you to edit and enter new information materials and reinforcement. Reinforcement is essential (and sorely lacking in most learning software) to maintain the interest of the child and participation. The software must also be easy to use – easy enough for a parent to use and edit and of course if the child is to run software, it should be easy for him to do so. Our son has almost 150 CDs in his collection of software. I'm always on the lookout for new software to interest.
Dietary Intervention
At least 50% of children with autism respond to nutritional interventions. The main culprits are casein (found in dairy products) and gluten (found in wheat, barley, rye and oats). Of Many researchers suggest that partially digested gluten and / or casein enters the bloodstream and wreaks havoc with the child's system, affecting brain function and learning processes. Many parents noted that the food casein and gluten in their children vague, slow and spacious. Others say that these foods trigger episodes of extreme aggression or self-harm.
Vitamin E
Recent studies show that vitamin E reduces oxidative stress and may be able to protect against chemical damage that can cause autism. Excellent source of natural vitamin E are sunflower seeds raw almonds, olives, papaya, turnips and spinach.
Drugs
There is still no drug that cures the symptoms of autism foundation, but some can alleviate behavior. Antidepressants like Prozac can reduce repetitive behaviors. stimulants like Ritalin may reduce hyperactivity. drugs antipsychotics can reduce aggression and hyperactivity. Beware of side effects though. Recent studies have shown children on Ritalin could suffer side effects of hair loss to heart attacks. Risperdal is used to treat irritability associated with autistic disorder, including temper tantrums, deliberate self-injury and aggression in children and adolescents aged 5 to 16. The approval is the first to use a drug to treat behaviors associated with autism in children. Risperdal, first approved by the FDA in 1993, has been used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in adults. The anti-psychotic is not a cure for autism, nor treat the disease itself, but it can provide relief for some children.
No surrogate
No matter if you use the intervention diet, enzymes, drugs or other drugs, none of them that is a substitute for the teaching of early intervention, you must continue to teach your child, using this window of opportunity to its best advantage. No further action has not only proved so successful.
Exercise
All children benefit from exercise. Children with autism have shown remarkable improvement of vigorous exercise especially with the concentration and alertness. Therapy daily living developed by the late Dr. Kiyo Kitahara of Tokyo, Japan places emphasis on teaching systematic group dynamics, the intermingling of academics and technology, art, music and physical education strong. The Boston Higashi School applies daily therapy. He became famous in the United States for its high rate of success in helping children with autism. It is true that healthy mind exists in a healthy body. You have to improvise when teaching your child to play and exercise. For example, if you think your child is not ready for badminton, try to make him hit a ball to play instead of a wheel. This is an excellent exercise to help coordinate the child and may be a precursor to badminton and tennis.
Auditory information
It was once believed that Autistic children can not receive and / or treat auditory information. In fact, many children appear deaf. It has been shown relatively recently the reverse is actually the case. Typical children can filter out background noise and selectively listen to the speeches and the good cause. Children with autism is not easy to filter out background noise. So talk to any of them may also well be the sound of a car driving past. Naturally, the enormous amount of auditory stimuli can easily overload a child with autism. In some cases, the child's attempt to block the stimulus holding his ears or swinging. The best way to calm an autistic child is to lower the noise level and recovery of another right down. colors Flashing lights may also be painful for him. As mentioned previously, autism is a sensory anomaly and the five senses could cause problems in a child with the condition.
Sleep
Getting enough sleep is very important to a child with autism that the burden Recovery on him throughout the day will be much larger than a typical child.
Stim
the behavior of stimulation or "stim" when children are going to do something repeatedly, like hand flapping or his whereabouts. Stimulation is generally a mechanism adaptation to the child when he is stressed or when he needs to relax, for example. when he comes home from school. A bit of self-stimulation be tolerated by parents. Get interested in something else is the ideal way to avoid this problem.
Echolalia
Then the child repeats (often repeatedly) what he hears without necessarily understand what he said. Although this is not the best behavior, the child can at least express words and can be taught speech and language. You use it for the best in getting your child to express a variety of words that come into use in his later years. Better yet, show him an image of what you say before saying it.
STIM verbal
The child may stammer repeatedly on a number of things such as his favorite television show or film experts. Many will say to stop all the chatter of your child. I am fully agree with this for the simple reason that even typical children chatter like a precursor to speech in general around 1.5 years. Autistic Children will start to speak later and will start at this stage, by babbling. Everything you need to do is establish with him when this is OK (for example when it is at home) and when it does not say in public.
It needs to be taught awareness of the reactions of others to its stimulation verbal. You need to work on making it this silence or nonverbal. You can really develop what he is about self-stimulation through conversation, drawing and role playing in an attempt to convert this stimulus in a learning process.
adrenalin
All children need a break from work. Consider this excerpt from the Woman's Weekly: "short, intense bursts of excitation can actually make you stronger and better able to cope with prolonged stress and tension. Have one day off work and organize to spend some thing you've always wanted to do – but make it a challenge that makes you a little nervous, which expands the boundaries of your own! Book a flight in a hot air balloon, making a roller coaster ride or a parachute jump, or plan a day at the races with friends. Learn how to walk rally, or a trip ocean where you can see whales and dolphins. Take the time to do something new, exciting and a little fear can trigger the biological response of fight or flight, the floods body with stress hormones. But once the race is over or jump, the hormonal changes are quickly reversed and the anxiety is replaced by the excitement. Search the University of Nebraska confirms this idea, showing that the "tip" that you get intermittent physiological arousal causes a reaction of short-term stress can be as effective in controlling stress repeated the exercise. "The same thing applies to all children, so let them have their adrenaline advanced work and avoid prolonged at home or at school.
Pause
Like all of us, your child will need a complete break for a few months of work. Some parents have even reported a surge in floor when they took their child out of town or on vacation. When you resume work with him, you might need to start slowly and build on more than one week or two.
Potty
I often mothers are calling and asking about toilet training. potty training the child typically begins around 2 to 3 years. When you feel the child is ready, you need to remove its layers and allow him to feel the discomfort of the mess in his pants for a while before changing it. You should start training with him to urinate. For begin serious training, you need to cancel a weekend. You need a timer or a beep, a portable toilet that can sit easily and lots of reinforcement for example. pieces of candy, some chocolate or other rewards. Do this exercise in the living room or area that play in. Give him plenty of fluids to drink – juice, water, lemonade, etc. Set the timer fires every 15 minutes and every time she goes away him sitting on the toilet for about a minute. Do not force him to do something. If he passes a little urine, the immediate reward, so he associates the reward to work. giving access to portable toilets until ready Regular toilet.
Encourage independence
An autistic child should be encouraged to do things for himself. A system called reverse chaining can be useful here, where a task can be broken down into steps. A simple example is pulling his pants. Start by him pull his pants until they are almost and make it do the rest. Do this for a number of days until receiving the hang of it. Then, try to make him break out between the knees and hips. Before you know it will do so from the ankles up. Although this is the time and many parents simply dress the child themselves, the extra effort involved in reverse chaining encourage the child to be independent and have more self esteem. When his language is improving, command him something he wants at a place like McDonalds while you watch from afar. Choose a quiet moment at the start, when he failed to queue like this itself is a feat in itself. Another area essential that a child with autism must be taught too early in its security environment.
Security Awareness and autism
Security should be encouraged from an early age. Crossing the road is difficult for a young child and you will hold the child's hand when near traffic. However, instilling the basic concept of awareness of traffic can start very early. This I did with my own son was hold hands and ask him to tell me when it was safe to go, simply by asking "Is it safe? "I got the idea when I saw him willing to cross the road to his favorite video library. He soon developed he had to look both ways for traffic before answering "yes" or "no". In one week, he understood the concept. Teaching generalization is often a problem for children with autism. To teach a child with autism to generalize the principle does not run into the street, it must be taught in many different places. If it is taught in one place, the child thinks that the rule applies only to a particular place.
Never miss an opportunity to teach your child. One parent reported that she had enormous success with his child when he was outside playing on the trampoline or swing. She recite nursery rhymes and songs here with much more success than when they were inside table.
Studies have shown that the variations are the leading cause of injury among children in the yard. Very young children with autism are particularly at risk because they are more aware of the danger. After several close calls, I had the idea to hang a boxing one doors of our house. Children have the right to strike, punch and press the bag which was suspended a few inches of soil. In no time, they became aware that they had to stay out of the path of a heavy swing weight.
How your child to interact with the computer
A computer is a valuable educational tool for your child. Most children with autism are naturally attracted to images and sounds of a computer. Children as young as 12 months and even younger are able to sit on parent's lap and interact with a computer at home. Very few children under three will be able to operate a mouse. DO NOT lose precious time waiting for that. A child will be able to use a touch screen long before they can use a mouse. touch screens allow the child to navigate around a program by touching the screen directly instead of co-relating the movements of the hand to the mouse (a feat difficult for some adults!).
The touchscreens
There are two types of touch screens:
a) when the screen is touch-sensitive monitor (expensive) and
b) add-on touch screen, pictured below, you can place on your existing monitor (cheaper alternative). The add-on comes with a software and an adapter to connect to your mouse input. Get one that allows the use of the mouse and if your child can use the mouse when it is ready. Leave mouse on the side of the keyboard. Your child will eventually begin to use the mouse and you can then discard the touch screen add-on.
Other children
A child with autism should be encouraged to play and associate with typical children his age or a little older. Given the choice, encourage her to interact with more voices, children's activities, rather than shy, quiet children if his speech will be encouraged. The Children are often more responsive to feedback from their peers than their parents or therapists. Watch them play together. Those who engage in the game will be the most beneficial for him. Play dates with other children is an excellent idea. Children with autism often do not like going to new places and seeing faces familiar. Brothers and sisters are always a huge advantage. imitation and in turn are the building blocks of communication. From a young age, he must expose them to many different environments and people as you can.
Talk to your child
If you Just remember one thing from this document, please forget – The best and simplest advice for those who have an autistic child is to continue talk to your child, telling him what you do, what is happening and what will happen. Children with autism like routine, and you can use it the best advantage. Use terms simple enough for the child understands and speaks to a safe speed child can absorb. Avoid lengthy instructions verbal. People with autism have problems with remembering the sequence. If the child can read, write instructions on a piece of paper. A agenda or a schedule of daily events and events in the day, preferably in the form of images that can be implemented on a panel display is an excellent idea. If the child can read a written list can often help. If he can not read it yet, you must use images.
What not to teach your child
A typical child could easily take two or more languages before the age six years. However, I would never suggest that you try teaching an autistic child more than one language. In addition, many other subjects like math, science etc. are important, keep a strong focus on your child's speech and language. There is not much force use the issue with other matters if your child's language skills can not follow.
The second thing is religious studies. concepts such as God, hell, devil, heaven and others can be very confusing and even frightening concept of an autistic child. Personally, I leave this task to a much later stage in the development of the child. There are many more things that you could be teaching your child in the meantime.
Singing
Encourage your child to join the school choir or take lessons singing. Autistic children often speak monotonously. Singing will help develop the range of the voice of your child.
Math
Setting Maths up situations of real life is much more exciting than the sums just written on paper to be creative and use real objects, money, prices at the supermarket, etc.
Always insist on an answer
Once your child begins to respond to you in any way, either verbally, with a picture, symbol or other, you should always, always, Always insist on an answer to everything you ask. It is much easier to do the opposite, but if you do, it will soon learn he can get away with no response and its communication will suffer.
Stress management
At some point, you may need to work stress management with your child. These exercises should be performed when the child is calm, work towards the use of these techniques when he is stressed.
Strengthen social skills
A child with autism must learn to behave properly in public and develop social skills. We market these software titles that teach good behavior in different contexts
My Community CD teaches children and young people appropriate social behaviors, interactions, expectations and safety with peers and different adults in their community. This CD contains the video of real people interacting in different communities parameters such as a restaurant, a doctor's office, a grocery store with a friend, and neighborhood and allows the user to predict what should be said or done next appropriate. This multi-level program targets individuals with a cognitive age 5-15 years. This program is both Macintosh (OSX and above) and an IBM compatible PC.
School articles Volume 1 teaches acceptable behaviors during structured activities related to the classroom, group work, and physical education with unstructured time hallway interaction and lockers. This volume is also the sensitive issues of PE locker room and personal hygiene. Target Age cognitive 8-18.
School Rules Volume 2 teaches social interpretation skills during unstructured times where social rules are the most difficult. This CD uses scenarios such what to do lunch queues, eating, talking to friends, or "just hanging out" to demonstrate social awareness. In addition, the This book also addresses time management, organizational skills and the use of schedules at school. Objective cognitive Ages 8-18. These programs are both Macintosh (OSX and above) and an IBM compatible PC.
Preschool Playtime Volume 1 & 2 Young children learn to interact with peers and basic skills such as playing in turns, sharing, requesting, cooperating and moving activities through real-life social situations like a day at the park, in preschool or going to a play date.
This program includes 5 complexity levels and numerous videos to target a wide range of capabilities. All levels are a way fun and motivating social game of duck, goose, duck, Ring Around the Rosie, and Hide and Seek, which is incorporated in the user plays the computer program. This program is for people with a cognitive age of 3-7 years and includes a lesson plan easy to use to customize the video sequences shown for each student.
Listen to your child
Once your child becomes verbal you must document what he knows and understands. Listen to your child and document the new words you think he knows or should know. I started with a handful of words on an Excel spreadsheet. Keep this document for my child has been invaluable as I made sure he knew and understood the words. The list has grown to more than one thousand words in less than 12 months. I also introduced new words frequently used in the list and the images used to ensure that knew what they meant. not taking a living document, you may lose your child the words and, finally, have a very limited vocabulary.
Observe your child
If you're one of those parents happy that a book "for a child, ie a child loves to scribble text and images, then a) Make sure he has lots of blank paper and writing materials at hand. b) Look at this he is scribbling. Chances are every text is a text, he scribbled it has seen before and includes any. You should check these words are in his bank words. If they do not enter in. It is obviously important to monitor the interaction between the child you are with others and how they interact with him. If there is very little interaction, it may be time to find new friends for him. Friends who make the effort to involve him in the game are worth their weight in gold. I sometimes engaged in some corruption with friends of my son by example. play this game and we'll go to McDonald's later. It is true that your child has need reinforcements, but his friends may need litt
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