| Did you know that your autistic child needs to have | | | | possible way." |
| their teaching structured in order to properly learn and | | | | Not that hard really, yet some make a mountain out of |
| develop? | | | | a molehill about it. |
| Structured teaching for autistic children is probably and | | | | So why is structure so important to teaching autistic |
| definitely I think one of the best ways in which to teach | | | | children? |
| an autistic child. | | | | 1. The use of language does not come as easy for |
| When the time comes to search for a school for your | | | | autistic children as it does to other children.a. |
| autistic child it is worth the effort to go the extra mile | | | | Sometimes they cannot communicate what they want |
| and find out how the chosen school and teacher is | | | | us to hear.b. What we see sometimes is aggressive |
| structuring the class your autistic child might be in. | | | | behaviour and tantrums. |
| If you find that the chosen school does not offer a | | | | 2. Autistic children cannot always access their |
| form of structuring, it would be a wise choice to forget | | | | 'sequential memory'.a. This is where your child is not |
| that school and move on. | | | | able to keep events in order.b. And this may also be a |
| But it is not only the school that needs to have | | | | cause of them reacting badly to change happening |
| structure when teaching your autistic child. Some of | | | | around them. |
| the best teaching and learning that can really help your | | | | 3. Autistic children react better to a pattern of |
| autistic child, begins and ends at home. This is when | | | | behaviour and teaching. |
| your child will learn to become a functioning member of | | | | But, these three things listed above are a good thing. If |
| society, to interact with those close to them, to have | | | | we know this about your autistic child, then we can |
| manners, to do certain things that will help them grow | | | | start making slow but steady changes to their learning |
| and develop. | | | | methods. Although it may appear an autistic child is not |
| When it comes to structuring teaching for your autistic | | | | interested in learning, this is simply not true; they just |
| child it is worth putting a plan into place about what you | | | | find it a little bit harder and need a little bit more help |
| want to achieve. | | | | along the way. |
| One of the daunting things about autism is that; even | | | | That's not to say that you should smother them, |
| though childhood autism is occurring in almost 'epidemic' | | | | because this can be one of the worst things that you |
| proportions (1 in every 500 US Children), the | | | | can do for their confidence, and with learning new |
| government and doctors still have very little knowledge | | | | things your child has to gain confidence and grow just |
| on how to properly structure for the best kind of | | | | like any child. |
| teaching. | | | | Remember that what you do as a parent with your |
| So what is structure? | | | | child will ultimately change for the better or the worse |
| Well my own take on structure when it comes to | | | | how your child develops. I understand that it is a hard |
| teaching autistic children is as follows: | | | | job, but with the right methods and direction you can |
| "Structure is simply organizing a task with a certain | | | | really start to see some quite surprising changes in a |
| strategy that will get the desired result in the best and | | | | short time frame. |