Setting Goals and Teaching New Skills Introduction Children with a diagnosis of ASD have a profile of strengths and challenges. An understanding of the child’s current skills and the setting of educational goals are necessary first steps to be taken …
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Prompting is a way of assisting a child to perform a specific response after a given instruction. The instructor/teacher provides a cue to elicit a specific behaviour from a child/student. There are 5 types of prompts. Verbal Prompt: Providing verbal …
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When requesting your child’s attention, call your child by name. Move to your child’s eye level. Touch your child to gain attention and to express affection/interest in your child’s feelings. Find something specific that’s unique about your child and tell …
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Give your child hugs/kisses throughout the day. These should not be contingent on behavioural expectations. Take time for fun, nurturing activities with your child. Examples include lotioning activities (place body lotion on your child’s hands/feet), massaging activities (gently massage your …
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You may remember the saying, “Rules are meant to be broken.” Although we all break rules from time to time, most people realize that rules are meant to protect us. For example, if we ignored the “rules of the road”, …
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Sharing is an important social skill that is difficult to learn for many children (e.g., “Would I give another child my toys, if I can have them all to myself instead?”) Children often become very attached to certain toys and …
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Some children find it easy to join a group of children. When they see another child, or a group of children playing something that looks like fun, they either just sit down and join in, or ask simple questions such …
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This set of thirteen posters is designed to support the use of general communication strategies at home and in the classroom. All children can benefit from the strategies. It is important to place each poster where it will be useful …
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Personal space is all about how close you can come to people in different situations without making them feel uncomfortable. The rule about personal space can be very difficult for some children to understand as it is a rule that …
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Have you ever noticed how some young children just do not seem to know how to listen to others? When someone is talking to them, a child may not stop playing in order to look up and acknowledge the other …
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