2. Children with autism often have a difficult time
interacting with other people
Social skills is a main problem children with autism
struggle with
Lack of social skills is a major disadvantage for
children with autism
The ability to interact well with others is a great aspect
of a persons life
3. Children with autism are usually bright but lack social
skills to accommodate that
Teachers often the child is too bright to be acting a
certain way
Autistic children usually don’t understand social rules
They may be able to understand extremely difficult
math problems better than social rules
4. Parents of children with autism usually describe their
child as being in their own little secret world
Children with autism tend to play alone rather than
playing with groups of friends
Some children with autism are even bothered by the
presence of others (rather it be the noise or the fact
that others may do things different from them making
them unpredictable.
5. Children with autism are usually bright for the most
part
They usually excel in math and other subjects that may
be difficult for others
Children with autism usually do very well in school.
6. Children with autism emotional development can be
either really good or really bad
Social and emotional development go hand and hand
therefore something the emotional development is
lacking because of social skills
On the other hand some children may not be doing
well socially but are fine emotionally
7. Children with autism usually don’t suffer from poor physical
development their fine motor skills and gross motor skills
typically develop as a child without autism would
8. Early Intervention is the best hope for a children with
any disability
Intervention will provide instruction for the child that
will build on their strengths allowing them to learn
new skills
It will strengthen areas of weakness and improve ill
behaviors
9. Intervention will provide understanding for the
parents of their child behaviors and give them tools for
them to meet their needs
It will offer support, training and resources that will
help you work more effectively with your child
It will foster positive development and will improve
the outcome of your child.
10. Any child under the age of three that has a
developmental delay is eligible for intervention
services
The child will receive an individual family service plan
IFSP
This plan is made uniquely for the child and their
family
The family will also get support and training to work
effectively with their child
11. When working with children that have autism it’s
important to create a daily routine they greatly benefit
children with autism
It’s also important to give fewer choices when working
with children with autism
During transitions use commands of executions to cue
transitions and preparatory commands
Treat them like you would treat a child without autism
12. MyVoice is a communication aide designed to non
verbal children it helps them communicate their needs
and wants
GoTalk Pocket is a low tech communication device
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