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Engaging winter learning activities and resources for autistic children!

Engaging Learning You will have probably noticed that autistic children can find attending to and concentrating during activities that they are not particularly interested in, very challenging! With developmental delay in the areas of joint attention, language, communication and social skills being core features of the diagnostic criteria for Autistic Read more…

By Steph Reed, 6 yearsJanuary 16, 2018 ago

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The Garden School – A highly specialist school for autistic children

The Garden School The Garden School is a highly specialist school for children aged 4 – 16 years with autism as well as severe learning difficulties, located in the London borough of Hackney in the U.K. The Garden uses a child-centred approach to teaching and learning. A wide range of evidence Read more…

By Steph Reed, 6 yearsNovember 21, 2017 ago

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GUEST POST: Top 5 educational apps for autistic children

Written by Jamie Barnes Recent data shows that approximately 1% of the world’s population are on the autism spectrum. This is a twenty-fold increase from studies conducted more than two decades ago, though the rise in prevalence of ASD may be due to changes in the diagnostic criteria. Technology can play Read more…

By Steph Reed, 6 yearsNovember 15, 2017 ago

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Teaching personal hygiene to autistic children

Management of personal hygiene is a very important skill for all children to learn in order to grow and develop independence. Daily Activities as Part of a Routine As a teacher of children with autism, personal hygiene tasks are a high priority on the school daily timetable. Dedicating time to personal Read more…

By Steph Reed, 6 yearsNovember 14, 2017 ago

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Visual support to help children remember to leave a finger space

A ‘finger space’ Remembering to leave a space between words when writing can sometimes be tricky for children to remember. A visual support can often help to remind a child to leave a space between words, if it is in their eye view, such as on their table. A visual Read more…

By Steph Reed, 7 yearsOctober 17, 2017 ago

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The importance of making the use of objects clear for autistic children

Generalising learning It can sometimes be easy to overlook that not every child knows what to do with certain objects or toys. Children with autism find generalising learning difficult and therefore, if they learn how to do something in one context, this does not necessarily mean they will then know Read more…

By Steph Reed, 7 yearsOctober 10, 2017 ago

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The importance of using a visual lesson schedule for autistic children

Visual lesson schedules For children with autism, it can be hard to predict what will happen next. Often without realising, teachers can under prepare their students by not informing them of what will take place in an activity or lesson, in a way the child can understand. This can lead Read more…

By Steph Reed, 7 yearsSeptember 19, 2017 ago

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Visual support to help children learn to take turns

Understanding whose turn it is Autistic children can find it difficult to predict what will or could happen next. It can therefore be challenging to understand who will be chosen to have a turn during a group or class activity. This can lead to anxious or ‘disruptive’ behaviour (such as Read more…

By Steph Reed, 7 yearsSeptember 12, 2017 ago

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Emotional regulation & communication table supports for autistic children

Emotional regulation In order to be ready to learn, children must be regulated and have their physical, sensory and emotional needs met. Let’s face it, a child is not going to learn anything if they are, for example: Over stimulated Under stimulated Very tired/hungry/thirsty Need the toilet If a child Read more…

By Steph Reed, 7 yearsAugust 29, 2017 ago

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Understanding level of sense making – The ComFor assessment tool for autistic children

From left to right: Myself – Steph Reed, Jarymke Malijaars (Ku Leuven), Pat Quigley (The Garden Head of School) and Beth Junor (Specialist ASD Speech and Language Therapist). I was very grateful to attend the ComFor training held at The Garden School in January. The ComFor assessment is a tool used Read more…

By Steph Reed, 7 yearsApril 13, 2017 ago