How can a general child care centre cater for a child/children with autism?
Every child with autism is different, so if there is a particular child you have in mind, you should ask the parents. Most children with autism like to have structure, and are visual learners. Making a schedule of your day using pictures (laminated with velcro on the back) it would be useful. After every activity you can take off that picture so the child can visually see what is left in the schedule. Similar things can be done with instructions. If you sit in a circle, there are probably rules for the circle. A little sheet of paper with pictures of the rules could be very helpful for the child. Same with how to use the bathroom and stuff like that. The most common therapy used with autistic kids is called Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA). If you want to to incorporate a special program, it is quite easy to do, but you would need a person to work specifically with the child. ABA uses “errorless” learning and rewards. For example, the adult puts a puzzle on the desk in front of the c
