autism
Children with Autism. The Importance of Clear Boundaries and High Expectations
Children will test boundaries, children with autism are not necessarily going to be any different. Be very clear about which behaviors are acceptable to you and then create clear boundaries, ensure that the rest of the family is also clear and that you all act with consistency. However, be realistic. A child [...]
What is Autism and What Are The Treatments For It?
Autism is a life long developmental disability that affects a person’s ability to communicate and to make sense of our social world.
The disorder usually appears before the child is three years old. People with autism often also have learning disabilities, but a minority have normal or high general intelligence. Boys are 4 times more [...]
Child Autism – A Plea to Play
I have used elements of many different approaches over the years, but the one that I’ve found makes the biggest difference with young children with autism is simply that of playing.
Parents are biologically adapted to respond to their developing infants’ needs, we almost cannot help but engage in baby-talk when confronted with a small child. [...]
Children with Autism and P.E.C.S. Is It Any Good?
PECS was created by Andy Bondy and Lori Frost as a systematic way to teach children with autism and other communication difficulties to initiate communication. It has been around since the mid 1980s and is widely used with children with autism.
One of the things I like about it is that it reasonably straightforward to use [...]
