Autism-World

My experience with helping autistic children on most of the spectrum with daily tasks is to set up a board (can be a clipboard). You can use pictures or words, depending on the child’s functional level. Put hook side of the velcro on the board and loop side on the cards with the pictures/words.

Start small. For example; if the child will be brushing his teeth, getting dressed and then eating breakfast, first be sure she/he can do each of those tasks. If she/he can, then you can point to the brushing teeth picture or words then have them do the task. When the task is done, it can be moved to the “done” side of the board or you can have them put it into a “deposit box” of sorts. And so on for each task.

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This entry was posted on Saturday, October 6th, 2007 at 9:18 pm and is filed under Parent Resources.