In this episode, I discuss and pose questions about enhancing opportunities for communication and interaction of those with autism and complex needs. This is through adapting the environment, our teaching approach and resources, both at school and home.
Here is some advice and practical tips on understanding, interacting with and playing with your autistic child, from my experience of being a teacher for children with complex needs. Always show or model to the child what you want him/her to do, when you ask them to do something Read more…
Steph and experienced teacher, Adem Cetindemar discuss emotional regulation development and strategies for children and young people with autism and severe learning difficulties.
I discuss important practical strategies to implement when teaching autistic children. These strategies will also have a positive impact on all children.
How successful parent and teacher relationships impact children with autism and how to ensure the relationship is effective, from a parent and teacher perspective. Parent Perspective Written by Harshita Patel, parent and author of ‘Autism in the City’ It’s Good to Talk! The moment a child with special needs Read more…
I recently wrote an article for Widgit, all about ‘Using symbols to support ASD Teaching‘. Widgit is a symbol set containing more than 17,000 symbols. Widgit symbols are clear, simple, colourful and display a single concept in a concise way, aimed to be understood by all abilities. Read more…
Each child with a diagnosis of autism will have varying abilities with language and communication. If you know more than one child with autism, you will know that their communication and language abilities and features will be very different. It is important to understand the difference between expressive and Read more…
I love Christmas songs!! Here is a free interactive PowerPoint choice board that links straight to Christmas songs on YouTube. When the image is pressed, it opens the video on YouTube. This allows the child/ children to make a choice from a selection of songs. Choice making encourages communication. Whether your Read more…
Like any abstract theme, the concept of ‘like’ and ‘don’t like’ can sometimes be challenging for children with autism to understand. Therefore, it is important to ensure a child really understands what it means to ‘like’ something. A successful strategy is to model the language at the exact time the child Read more…
Here is a free interactive choice board that links straight to songs on YouTube. The songs are some of the favourites of primary aged children I have taught. These interactive choice boards are easy to make and amend in a program such as Microsoft PowerPoint by creating ‘hyperlinks’ to a Read more…