| Autistic learning strategies include many different | | | | severe sensitivity to sound will have a response if the |
| options and some are discussed her and others in | | | | one teaching them speaks to them in a low and calm |
| other articles. | | | | whisper that is still audible. |
| Letting children with autism wear padded weighted | | | | Some children with autism are unable to simultaneously |
| vest can help some hyperactive children that fidget a | | | | process auditory and visual inputs, because their |
| lot become calm, because the pressure that comes | | | | nervous system is immature. They are what you call |
| from wearing the weighted garment helps in calming | | | | "Mono-channel" and they are unable to hear and see |
| the nerves. To achieve the best outcome in using the | | | | all at once. They need to be provided with either a |
| vest, it must be worn for a maximum of thirty minutes | | | | task that entails visual processes or a task that entails |
| only and you would need to take off the vest for a | | | | auditory processes. |
| couple of minutes before you make your child wear it | | | | For some nonverbal children, it is a lot easier for them |
| again. This would prevent your child's nervous system | | | | to touch and feel things and more often than not they |
| from adapting to the vest. | | | | mainly rely on their sense of touch. The best way to |
| Some children with autistic learning disorder have | | | | teach letters to them is by allowing them to feel the |
| better response, speech and eye contact if the one | | | | plastic letters. These children are able to learn what |
| teaching interacts with them at the same time while | | | | their daily routine is by letting them feel certain objects |
| they are on a swing, swinging back and forth, or while | | | | a few minutes before a certain activity. A good |
| getting rolled up inside a mat. They improve eye | | | | example would be letting your child hold a spoon a |
| contact and speech and these are fun games that | | | | couple of minutes before lunch. |
| allow your child to enjoy and learn at the same time, | | | | Placing the computer keyboard close to the monitor |
| some children may not be up to it so it should never | | | | can help some children with autistic learning because it |
| be forced. | | | | allows them to simultaneously view the monitor and |
| Some children with autism are much better at singing | | | | the keyboard. It would be a bigger challenge for them |
| than speaking and may have a better response when | | | | to remember if they still need to look up at the screen |
| words are being sung to them. Some children with | | | | after hitting a key on the keyboard every time. |