Early Skills
Below are some guides to help you support your child with some of the early skills like attention, communication and independence.
Outdoor Learning and Physical Activity
Children love to explore the world around them and learn in an active way and so its really important to use outdoor spaces as learning environments and use activities that get children moving. Here are some great ideas for consolidating learning outside and making learning more active in the home.
Book Sharing
Please find below a guide on how to get the best out of a book sharing session with your child.
Speech Sounds
Here are some guides to support you in learning speech sounds with your child.
Life Skills
Here are some ideas to support your child develop a range of life skills important for the future.
Children with Autism often have unusual sleep patterns. Some children appear to require little sleep and others may refuse to sleep alone. These issues may relate to sensory sensitivities such as fear of the dark or over-sensitivity to household and external noises. They may also resist the change from sleeping close to parents as a baby to sleeping alone in a room. As with many skills, for a child with Autism, it may be necessary to teach sleeping skills and/or to modify the environment to establish a routine that will accommodate the whole family’s needs at night time.
As a parent, it can be frustrating, as you may have other children and jobs to do during the evening. However, it is important to stay calm yourself. Be persistent and consistent. Make sure that what you are doing with your child is shared with other adults who put him/her to bed so that the same routine is carried out nightly.
Maths Skills
Please find below some guides to support your child's development of maths skills starting with early skills - 1:1 correspondance and counting to 5.
Building
Here are some great ideas to help to support your child to develop their fine motor skills through building activities
Puzzles
Here are some great ideas for making learning fun with jigsaw puzzles.