After awhile you will notice that your child is good at something such as drawing or building blocks. You have to be creative, but find someway of including what they are good at into the lesson you wish to learn them. Maybe you are teaching them the word me. Find a picture of your child and the word put me on it. Have the child draw a picture of themselves and to finish the drawing have them write me on the picture.
This may be a repetitive process and you may have to change it up a little, but eventually the concept will be learned. If you notice you child is fixated on something like a book, movie, or map, put that fixation to work with you again. Earlier in this e-book the story of to autistic boy s fixation with the Titanic was discussed. The teacher or parent could use characters and actions of the Titanic story to reinforce behavior, concepts, or social skills. Again you will have to be creative and this type of teaching is not the norm for most educators.
You have to think outside of the box as the child is trying to not only get the message from inside the box, but to find the box in the first place. If you are teaching reading do not concentrate on one form of instruction. Some autistic children can learn by phonics and sight words by some. Do not restrict your method of instruction. Try both methods to see which one is right for your child. Research has shown that a combination of sight words and phonics can be very successful for the non-autistic student and it might be a good start to get your child the way to reading and comprehension.
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