| Autistic teaching can be a challenging topic for | | | | passion and lead to gainful employment. |
| parents who have recently received a diagnosis | | | | 4. Find your child's intense interest. It could be |
| for their child and have stepped into exploring the | | | | maps, or video games, or specific book topics. |
| expansive world of autism and what it means. | | | | Use this fixation to teach. |
| This short article aims to help you overcome that | | | | 5. Let your child try the computer for writing. |
| feeling of overwhelming emotion and give you | | | | Many autistic children have motor control |
| some direction for planning your child's teaching | | | | problems and get frustrated using a pencil and |
| program. | | | | paper. |
| When you first receive the diagnosis of "Autism | | | | 6. Identify your child's learning style. Is he or she |
| Spectrum Disorder" you probably go through a | | | | better with phonics or whole word? Whether one |
| mixture of feelings and have a ton of questions. | | | | or the other, use flashcards that have both the |
| One of the big questions in the background is that | | | | image and the words. |
| of teaching. How will your child be able to learn if | | | | 7. Beware of sounds sensitivity. Some sounds can |
| he or she has problems with the basic skills | | | | be disruptive to an autistic child and you may |
| needed to learn? Here are ten important points | | | | notice this in your child when a specific noise |
| you should understand and explore as it applies to | | | | occurs. The child will cover his or her ears. To |
| your child. These ten points not only help with | | | | prevent this in autistic teaching settings or even |
| autistic teaching, they help you better understand | | | | at home provide a pleasant background noise |
| your child's needs. | | | | using an MP3 player or a white noise machine. |
| 1. Autistic children are visual. They like nouns. | | | | 8. Avoid negative visual stimulation. Some visual |
| Verbs are more of a challenge and must be | | | | interferences can be distracting for some autistic |
| demonstrated. This is an important point in autistic | | | | children. Avoid using fluorescent lights and make |
| teaching. | | | | sure any light you do use does not flicker. |
| 2. Charts and sequence learning helps. If your child | | | | With these eight points you can begin to approach |
| is able to read, use written steps to teach tasks. | | | | autistic teaching with basic steps that can make |
| Write down anything with more than three steps. | | | | the process of learning much easier for you and |
| 3. Uss the love of art. Most autistic children love | | | | your child. |
| art. Encourage this skill. It may become their life | | | | |