Autistic Characteristics Parents Should Look For In Children
October 24, 2008
I’m here to talk to you about the autistic characteristics that make up this disorder. When a person has these problems, they’re going to exhibit varying degrees of issues with their communication and relating skills. The reason it varies so much is that each person is unique and it appears like the disorder effects each person differently. Some will be blessed with amazing verbal skills, while others can’t even say a word. But when you get down to the basic characteristics of the whole thing, you do see a lot of similarities. Obviously the mild sufferers have an easier time working through it, but they do have to struggle to learn these things. I’m going to show you the autistic characteristics, so you can easily identify a person with autism.
The most common characteristic you’re going to see will be the ones that are about relating. In a typical conversation there is more than just communication. I know on the surface, it is just people talking and they’re communication information, but there is an aspect of relating that comes along with it. People aren’t robots that communicate, we are people that want to relate to one another. With autism, you will find that these people don’t know how to relate. They can speak perfectly, but they just won’t have that aspect of relating that comes with a conversation. You may view this a vibe or a feeling, but it’s just the inability to relate.
One of the biggest autistic characteristics is eye contact. Naturally people will gravitate to the eyes when we communicate. It is a big part of relating to another person. People that don’t make eye contact just can’t properly relate to others. An autistic person doesn’t have that natural function to look someone in the eyes. It’s just not there, so they won’t look and this will probably give a person a vibe and they just won’t relate. You’re probably thinking that this would be easy to fix; just tell them to make eye contact when they talk. It really isn’t that easy. You’ve probably talked to people that gave you that glaring stalker stare. This creeps people out. The autistic person has a difficult time at finding that balance in eye contact that looks natural.
Another one of the autistic characteristics is repetitive behavior. This is something seems sort of out of place when it comes to autism, but it is something that is experienced both in mild and severe cases. You’ve probably talked to a person before that seemed to drag the conversation, for no apparent reason, back to a specific topic. It’s hard to assign this behavior directly to autism, since it could be just a passionate person, but autistic people like to repeat the same sort of conversations. Through body language you should be able to tell the difference between a person that is genuinely interested in the topic versus a person that out of nowhere changes the topic on a regular basis.
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Tips for Teaching Autistic Kids
October 23, 2008
Teaching autistic kids can be one of the biggest challenges for a person. Autism will leave a child lacking the vital communication and relating skills that are so important to the educational process. The traditional methods that work for the average kid won’t be sufficient. New and highly professional methods need to be incorporated. It is important that you seek the advice of a professional because they can tell you what method your child needs to thrive. Whatever aspect of this you choose, the parents need to be a vital part of the process. I’m going to show you the available methods of teaching autistic kids that should show you what challenges are faced by parents and professionals of the autistic.
When it comes to the actual teaching methods, a lot of teachers and parents are left in the dark. There isn’t much out there to help assist them with this. You can’t just pick up a standard textbook and expect to any of it to sink in. You need something that is going to be tailored to the child. Each child is unique, with different skills and abilities. You can’t come in with a general textbook and hope that all children are the same. It is important for both teachers and parents to try to use things that help the child keep attention. Take advantage of all the skills and abilities they have instead of trying to teach them the conventional way.
It is important when teaching autistic kids to keep their attention. The child you’re teaching will have some sort of interest, if it is their favorite toy or the family pet, they have something that they like. It is important to take advantage of this for lesson purposes. For example, teaching them math can be difficult because it’s just numbers. They don’t add anything to their life and they’re not interested. Well, if they love the family dog, than it is easy to teach math. You get little pictures of dogs and have them do numbers with them. Counting becomes an easy and fun task if it is something that they like.
The teaching style needs to be a long-term plan that is progressive. I think a lot of people miss this point when they try to teach. They try to get them to learn one thing and that doesn’t help them grow. Each lesson that is being taught needs to build onto the next. I know that sounds rather obvious, since regular children go through school in a progressive process. When it comes to autism, a lot of people just want to build the sufficient skills to make the child easier to handle and nothing more than that. That is cruel, but it is the world we live in. You have to always be progressing forward. The conversation and relating skills will disappear if they’re not used on a daily basis.
These are some of the methods of teaching autistic kids and as you can see it is a long process. It takes time to teach those vary basic skills most of us take for granted. Both the child and the family struggle at this, but it is important to know that these people do grow up as fully functioning people in society.
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Tips For Training Autistic Children
October 23, 2008
I wanted to take the time to show you some methods of training autistic children. Autism is something that has been around for some time, but has recently become much more common than ever before. It is a disorder that leaves a person lacking in the communication and relating departments. Currently 1 in 166 births will with this disorder, which is far higher than any other childhood disease. You’re more likely to have an autistic child than get in a serious car accident. Most people don’t have a proper view of what it is like to raise an autistic child, so I’m going to bring you into their world. I’m going to share various methods of training autistic children.
There are a lot of methods available out there to help train someone and obviously behavior is a big one. It is surprisingly similar to teach a regular child and an autistic child how to properly behave; the problem is that most people don’t really follow it. Discipline is a big thing, but it has to be done in such a way that the child actually knows why it is happening. Often, the way it works is that you should positively reinforce a behavior instead of punishing the bad. This sort of sets a guideline for the child, rather than telling them they can’t do this and they have to figure out what the right behavior is. The more positive things you do for good behavior, the more likely they’ll repeat that behavior.
Training autistic children to speak and pick up on the subtle communication skills is essential to properly preparing this child for adulthood. Autism leaves them lacking the important aspects of communication that a normal child would pick up on. Since communication is lacking, it’s hard to communicate these teachings to them. It is important to get a professional’s help with this process. Depending on the severity of the autism you may need more help than some. The process starts slow with the basics of communication like body language, than progressively moves into more complex forms like verbal communication. This is an ongoing process that will follow most of these children into adulthood.
The last part of training autistic children is the way to relate to others. The therapy available to the autistic can work quite well for a lot of sufferers. They can make it to the point where they speak perfectly and can be a function part of society. The problem is that they still lack the important aspects of relating to others. They can talk to others, but they can’t really relate with it, or know how to properly respond to things.
These are the various methods of training autistic children the important things that the need to know to function now and into their adulthood. It is something that is a slow process, but they do learn the lessons of the training.
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Speech-Language Pathologists List and Contact Information
October 23, 2008
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO)
Address: 19 Mantua Road, Mt. Royal, NJ, 08061
E-mail: headquarters@aro.org
Internet: www.aro.org
Full description
American Broncho-Esophagological Association (ABEA)
Address: Stanford University, 801 Welch Road, Stanford, CA, 94305-5739
E-mail: koltai@stanford.edu
Internet: www.abea.net
Full description
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell)
Address: 3417 Volta Place, NW, Washington, DC, 20007-2778
E-mail: info@agbell.org
Internet: www.agbell.org
Full description
AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language
Address: 3417 Volta Place, NW, Washington, DC, 20007
E-mail: shall@agbellacademy.org
Internet: www.agbellacademy.org
Full description
Aphasia Hope Foundation (AHF)
Address: P.O. Box 26304, Shawnee Mission, KS, 66225-6304
E-mail: sandycaudell@aphasiahope.org
Internet: www.aphasiahope.org
Full description
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Address: 2200 Research Blvd., Rockville, MD, 20850
E-mail: actioncenter@asha.org
Internet: www.asha.org
Full description
American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA) and Cleft Palate Foundation (CPF)
Address: 1504 East Franklin Street, Suite 102, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514
E-mail: CPF E-mail: info@cleftline.org
Internet: www.cleftline.org / www.acpa-cpf.org
Full description
Boys Town National Research Hospital (BTNRH)
Address: 555 North 30th Street, Omaha, NE, 68131
E-mail: moeller@boystown.org
Internet: www.boystownhospital.org / www.babyhearing.org
Full description
CHERAB Foundation
Address: P.O. Box 8524, Port St. Lucie , FL, 34952
E-mail: help@cherab.org
Internet: www.cherab.org / www.speechville.com
Full description
Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPCSD)
Address: P.O. Box 26532, Minneapolis, MN, 55426
E-mail: cap@incnet.com
Internet: www.capcsd.org
Full description
Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA)
Address: 1151 Freeport Road, #243, Pittsburgh, PA, 15238
E-mail: helpdesk@apraxia-kids.org
Internet: www.apraxia-kids.org
Full description
Easter Seals, Inc.
Address: 230 West Monroe, Suite 1800, Chicago, IL, 60606
E-mail: info@easterseals.com
Internet: www.easterseals.com
Full description
National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association, Inc. (NSDA)
Address: 300 Park Boulevard, Suite 415, Itasca, IL, 60143
E-mail: NSDA@dysphonia.org
Internet: www.dysphonia.org
Full description
National Cued Speech Association (NCSA), Deaf Children’s Literacy Project
Address: 5619 McLean Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20814
E-mail: info@cuedspeech.org
Internet: www.cuedspeech.org
Full description
National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing (NBASLH)
Address: 800 Perry Highway, Suite 3, Pittsburgh, PA, 15229
E-mail: nbaslh@nbaslh.org
Internet: www.nbaslh.org
Full description
National Center for Voice and Speech (NCVS)
Address: The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 1101 13th Street, Denver, CO, 80204-5319
E-mail: NCVSWebmaster@dcpa.org
Internet: www.ncvs.org
Full description
Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
Address: 1700 North Moore Street, Suite 1540, Arlington, VA, 22209-1903
E-mail: info@resna.org
Internet: www.resna.org
Full description
Stuttering Foundation of America (SFA)
Address: 3100 Walnut Grove Road, Suite 603, Memphis, TN, 38111
E-mail: info@stutteringhelp.org
Internet: www.stutteringhelp.org / www.tartamudez.org
Full description
Sertoma International
Address: 1912 East Meyer Blvd., Kansas City, MO, 64132-1174
E-mail: infosertoma@sertomahq.org
Internet: www.sertoma.org
Full description
TASH
Address: 1025 Vermont Avenue, 7th Floor, Washington, DC, 20005
E-mail: info@tash.org
Internet: www.tash.org
Full description
Testing, Evaluation, and Certification Unit, Inc. (TECUnit )
Address: 6567 S. Cedar Creek Circle, Salt Lake City, UT, 84118
E-mail: ilove2cue@yahoo.com
Internet: www.TECUnit.org
Full description
United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (USSAAC)
Address: P.O. Box 10906, Baltimore, MD, 21214
E-mail: Barbara@ussaac.org
Internet: www.USSAAC.org
Full description
The Voice Foundation
Address: 1721 Pine Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103
E-mail: office@voicefoundation.org
Internet: www.voicefoundation.org
Full description
Voice Academy
Address: University of Iowa, Speech Pathology & Audiology, Iowa City, IA, 52242
E-mail: julie-ostrem@uiowa.edu
Internet: www.voiceacademy.org
Full description
Autism Organizations and Their Contact Information
October 23, 2008
Autism organizations (please feel free to post additional organizations):
Autism Network for Hearing and Visually Impaired Persons
Address: 7510 Ocean Front Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA, 23451
Autism Society of America
Address: 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300, Bethesda, MD, 20814
E-mail: info@autism-society.org
Internet: www.autism-society.org
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Address: 2200 Research Blvd., Rockville, MD, 20850
E-mail: actioncenter@asha.org
Internet: www.asha.org
Autism Speaks
Address: 2 Park Avenue, 11th floor, New York, NY, 10016
E-mail: contactus@autismspeaks.org
Internet: www.autismspeaks.org
Birth Defect Research for Children, Inc. (BDRC)
Address: 800 Celebration Avenue, Suite 225, Celebration, FL, 34747
E-mail: staff@birthdefects.org
Internet: www.birthdefects.org
CHERAB Foundation
Address: P.O. Box 8524, Port St. Lucie , FL, 34952
E-mail: help@cherab.org
Internet: www.cherab.org / www.speechville.com
Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD)
Address: 11184 Antioch Road, #405, Overland Park, KS, 66210
E-mail: lnease@cldinternational.org
Internet: www.cldinternational.org
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Address: 1110 North Glebe Road, Suite 300, Arlington, VA, 22201
E-mail: service@cec.sped.org
Internet: www.cec.sped.org
Easter Seals, Inc.
Address: 230 West Monroe, Suite 1800, Chicago, IL, 60606
E-mail: info@easterseals.com
Internet: www.easterseals.com
HEATH Resource Center (National Clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities)
Address: 2134 G Street, NW , Washington, DC, 20052
E-mail: askheath@gwu.edu
Internet: www.heath.gwu.edu
MAAP Services for Autism, Asperger, and PDD/NOS (MAAP Services)
Address: P.O. Box 524, Crown Point, IN, 46307
E-mail: info@maapservices.org
Internet: www.maapservices.org
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
Address: P.O. Box 1492, Washington, DC, 20013-1492
E-mail: nichcy@aed.org
Internet: www.nichcy.org
National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR)
Address: 99 Wall Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540
E-mail: naar@naar.org
Internet: www.naar.org
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) Information Clearinghouse
Address: 1 Communication Avenue, Bethesda, MD, 20892-3456
E-mail: nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov
Internet: www.nidcd.nih.gov
National Cued Speech Association (NCSA), Deaf Children’s Literacy Project
Address: 5619 McLean Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20814
E-mail: info@cuedspeech.org
Internet: www.cuedspeech.org
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Address: Office of Health Communication and Public Liaison, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2320, Bethesda, MD, 20892-2320
E-mail: nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov
Internet: www.nidcd.nih.gov
Testing, Evaluation, and Certification Unit, Inc. (TECUnit )
Address: 6567 S. Cedar Creek Circle, Salt Lake City, UT, 84118
E-mail: ilove2cue@yahoo.com
Internet: www.TECUnit.org
TASH
Address: 1025 Vermont Avenue, 7th Floor, Washington, DC, 20005
E-mail: info@tash.org
Internet: www.tash.org
United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (USSAAC)
Address: P.O. Box 10906, Baltimore, MD, 21214
E-mail: Barbara@ussaac.org
Internet: www.USSAAC.org
Council of American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID)
Address: P.O. Box 377, Bedford, TX, 76095-0377
E-mail: caid@swbell.net
Internet: www.caid.org / www.caidconference.org
Need Help with Apraxia of Speech? Contact Information Below
October 23, 2008
I was asked a question about where to find help with apraxia of speech so I thought that I would post this for anyone else that may need it.
NIDCD maintains a directory of organizations that can answer questions and provide printed or electronic information on apraxia of speech. Please see the list of organizations at www.nidcd.nih.gov/directory.
Use the following keywords to help you search for organizations that are relevant to apraxia of speech:
For more information, additional addresses and phone numbers, or a printed list of organizations, contact:
NIDCD Information Clearinghouse
1 Communication Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20892-3456
Toll-free Voice: (800) 241-1044
Toll-free TTY: (800) 241-1055
Fax: (301) 770-8977
E-mail: nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov
Directory of Organizations
Audiology and Speech Pathology Services, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Address: VA Medical Center, 50 Irving Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20422
E-mail: cathy.greener@va.gov
Full description
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Address: 2200 Research Blvd., Rockville, MD, 20850
E-mail: actioncenter@asha.org
Internet: www.asha.org
Full description
Birth Defect Research for Children, Inc. (BDRC)
Address: 800 Celebration Avenue, Suite 225, Celebration, FL, 34747
E-mail: staff@birthdefects.org
Internet: www.birthdefects.org
Full description
Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA)
Address: 1151 Freeport Road, #243, Pittsburgh, PA, 15238
E-mail: helpdesk@apraxia-kids.org
Internet: www.apraxia-kids.org
Full description
CHERAB Foundation
Address: P.O. Box 8524, Port St. Lucie , FL, 34952
E-mail: help@cherab.org
Internet: www.cherab.org / www.speechville.com
Full description
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) Information Clearinghouse
Address: 1 Communication Avenue, Bethesda, MD, 20892-3456
E-mail: nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov
Internet: www.nidcd.nih.gov
Full description
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Address: Office of Health Communication and Public Liaison, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2320, Bethesda, MD, 20892-2320
E-mail: nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov
Internet: www.nidcd.nih.gov
Full description
Testing, Evaluation, and Certification Unit, Inc. (TECUnit )
Address: 6567 S. Cedar Creek Circle, Salt Lake City, UT, 84118
E-mail: ilove2cue@yahoo.com
Internet: www.TECUnit.org
Full description
United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (USSAAC)
Address: P.O. Box 10906, Baltimore, MD, 21214
E-mail: Barbara@ussaac.org
Internet: www.USSAAC.org
Full description
Autism Issues
October 19, 2008
Autism issues vary in number and severity depending on the person. This is a disorder the leaves a person lacking communication and relating skills, but it seems to have quite a broad range of effects. It seems like each case is completely unique in how much of an effect there is. Each person is born with specific skills and abilities, this leaves some children growing up to have amazing verbal skills, but still lacking in communication, while others can’t speak a word. In general, most people are misinformed about what it really is to have autism and I’m going to present to you the unbiased version of it, with all the autism issues that you may find.
One of the big issues that autism presents is the repetitive behaviors and this type of behavior can show up in many forms. It is important to be able to pick up on this earlier, but you may notice, as the child gets older. I think the best place to determine this is while a child plays. Typical children play with toys the same way. For example, a toy car will be driven around on the ground. What you might find with an autistic child is that they don’t want to drive it around. They’re more interested in spinning the tires over and over again with their finger. As they get older and start developing some sort of verbal skills, you may find that they keep repeating themselves in a not so natural way. This is the repetitive issue that comes with the territory.
Another one of the autism issues is that of communication. There are many variances of this among sufferers that can really make it difficult to understand. You can find plenty of autistic adults that have perfect speaking skills, but if you get down to the basics of our human communications you’ll see it. The big things humans pick up naturally are body language and tonality of speaking. A great example of a person with autism that speaks perfectly is sarcasm. An autistic person will just take the literal meaning of the word, rather than the intended meaning by the person speaking. The thing is that they miss that non-verbal communication. When someone is sarcastic, they make different types of body language and tonality to let people know that they’re being sarcastic. This is where you can really see the lack of communication skills come out.
The autism issues of communication also cause problems with relating to others. The autistic people don’t really have a desire to go out and socialize with others. They’d prefer to be alone and this can be quite a depressing thing. Often, you’ll find that many of the autistic suffers actually are on some sort of anti-depressant because they get depressed.
These are the various issues presented by autism and as you can see they present some very difficult challenges that can be both stressful on the sufferer and the people in their lives. I hope this gives you a much better understanding of what makes up autism.
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Autism Problems Parents Must Conquer
October 19, 2008
I’m here to talk to you about autism problems. Raising an autistic son or daughter can be one of the toughest things you’ll ever go through as a parent. It is much different than it is with raising a regular child. Autism is a spectrum disorder. It leaves a child lacking the important communication and relating skills. This can make it very difficult to parent because you expect your children to at least understand you and when they can’t, it complicates everything. This is why I think it is important for all people to understand everything they can about autism. The autism problems are numerous in length and knowing them can really give you some clarity on issues.
The most obvious problem is the lack of communication skills that a child is born with. Communication is the most important skill a human being will have. As a parent, your job is to properly prepare your child for the world, but when you’re unable to properly communicate information to them, you’re unable to do this. Treating this problem requires some sort of professional help, like special schooling. There needs to be a progressive approach done to this to help them understand the basics and work up to more complex forms of communication. This is something that will take many years to develop and it will cost a lot of money to get the professionals to do it. It is important to also work with the professionals, so that when your child is in your care, you’re not doing anything counter to the teaching methods.
Another one of the big autism problems is relating. Your autistic son or daughter doesn’t really have those mechanisms in their head that make them want to relate to you. Often they’ll not want to socialize and they’ll just want to sit by themselves. This can be very difficult for both parent and child, since you’d expect your child to want to relate with you. It is important to always teach your child how to relate. This may seem difficult at first, but it really isn’t that hard. Role-playing is a huge part of the learning experience. If you can role-play how things are supposed to be, than you can teach it to them.
Lastly, the autism problems extend beyond autism itself and into depression. As you can tell, a child that just can’t relate to others is going to feel depression. You’d have to think they’d feel pretty alone in their world because they tend to turn into themselves and want to sit alone. It is important to seek professional opinion on this. You don’t want your child to live this depressed life and should be dealt with. Anti-depressant medication is often prescribed to people with autism and in this case a viable solution to the problem.
From all this, you should have a good view of the problems presented by autism. I think it should give a better appreciation of what this means to those that live it every single day.
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Autistic Children Behaviour Treatments And Tips
October 19, 2008
I wanted to take the time to discuss with you the autistic children behaviour that you may experience. The thing that is a little scary about the medical community is that they won’t try to diagnose autism in children until they’re around three or four years old. The reason they give is that some children are just late bloomers and I suppose that is a fair answer. The problem I see is that the earlier you treat the child, the more likely it’ll work. The signs of autism can start extremely early. Sometimes children have a mild version of it and a professional can miss it. For this reason alone, I feel it is necessary for parents to be able to identify autistic children behaviour, just incase your doctor is wrong.
Autism is a spectrum disorder that leaves children with communication and relating skills, along with problems interpreting senses. Those are extremely broad and I have to keep it broad because autism affects each child differently. You can have children that speak perfectly, while others don’t say a word. It doesn’t matter how perfect or imperfect they seem to be, there is still those defining behaviours that still come out and you can identify those.
Obviously, autistic children behaviour varies when it comes to communication. You can’t view it as words. There’s a lot more to communication than what you say. The biggest is body language. You really need to observe the behaviour your child and the way they respond with to body language. Typically when you smile at someone, they’ll smile right back at you. It’s just an instinctive thing to do, but when you have autism in the mix they may not respond. You could have the biggest smile on your face and they just stare back at you with a blank look.
Autistic children behaviour can really come out when you watch your child interact with others. It doesn’t necessarily have to do with the communication, but the relating aspect of things. For example, autistic children have an extremely hard time making eye contact. Naturally we gravitate to the eyes when we see others, but they don’t seem to recognize that. I’m sure you’ve seen toddlers that just stare right into the eyes of people. If you notice your child rarely ever makes eye contact, they could be showing signs of autism.
The last of all the autistic children behaviour is repetitiveness. This is sort of side tangent of what appears to make up autism, but it is something that the vast majority of sufferers have. They have this desire to do the same repetitive tasks over and over again. Give your child a little toy car and see what they do with it. Typically children will try driving it around, but for an autistic child, you may see them turn it upside down and turn the wheels. This repetitive behaviour could be the problem.
There are lots of behaviours that could show autistic problem, but they could be as simple as a late bloomer. It is important to remain vigilant, but also practical. Talk with a doctor if you actually have concerns.
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Autistic Children Treatment Options For Parents
October 19, 2008
I’m here to talk to you about autistic children treatment and the options available for parents to choose from. Autism is a disorder the leaves a child lacking those important skills of communicating and relating with others. As you can guess, when a person lacks those skills, it is hard to teach them anything. This can be quite a stressful issue for most parents. It is something that is never planned for, expensive to treat and requires much more attention by the parents. Doctors will typically diagnose autism when your child is around three or four years old. Once the diagnosis is completely, you should definitely start with treatment because the sooner your start, the more likely it will work. I’m going to share with you the autistic children treatment options available to you.
The first treatment and most important treatment option is the one in communication. A regular child picks up on the important little aspects of communication when they’re just a few years old. They may not be able to have enlightened conversations, but they’re extremely good at picking up body language. It is important to start teaching your autistic child about these things. You should definitely be working with a professional on this since they’re more knowledgeable to the methods of doing this successfully. You can try a few things from home, like role-playing. Role-playing is a great way to show your child what something means. You can show that a smile means something that is a good feeling.
Autistic children treatment has to include behavior modification. The reason is that you’re not going to have a perfect little angel all the time. They’re going to get upset. You have to learn how to properly handle the situation, to make sure that the best possible outcome will result. Positive reinforcement is about the best method for this. When your child doesn’t something good, than you reward that. If they do something bad, you don’t necessarily punish, but you don’t reward them for it. By consistently giving positive reinforcement, you train them to want to respond in positive ways because that is how they’ll be rewarded.
Dietary modification is a less important type of treatment option, but it does help. A high amount of autistic children have very gassed up digestive system. There is a debate whether this is caused by diet or by the disorder itself, but what needs to be done is putting them on a diet that doesn’t get them gassed up. Autism causes a person to lack those abilities of properly processing their senses and often this gassed up feeling is interpreted wrong. When that happens you have panic attacks and things of that nature, which need to be avoided.
The last autistic children treatment is medication. There is obviously nothing that will cure this, but medication has been shown to help balance out some of the issues. For example, anti-depressants are often used because these children have a hard time relating with others and they just get depressed. This can help balance them out.
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