Getting your child to sit through the whole meal can be quite a big challenge. Very often at meal times, children walk around and play with their toys; and when parents try to stop them, they throw big tantrums. So how do we get our child to sit through the meals? Here are some strategies […]
Having your child to complete routines with little or no help creates independence for the child, increases his/her awareness to his environment and increases his attention in accomplishes a given task. However, a routine can often be disrupted when the child loses his/her attention or being distracted by the environment, resulting in parents having to […]
Continuing the previous article about increasing initiation in toddlers with Autism in daily life, we now look into how to create opportunities for children between the age of 3 to 6. Developing full independence in self-help routines. At the age of 6, children should have already acquired the skills of bathing self independently, using restroom […]
Parent’s Questions: My son is 7 years old with ASD. He is not willing to sleep on his own and needs to sleep with me every night. If I am not back from work, he will sleep with his helper. How can we make him to be an independent sleeper? Autism Partnership advices: Sleeping problems […]
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