Do you have an autistic child? Then perhaps you would already be scouting through articles and literature to understand his behavior better. Such children surely love patterns and rhymes but when it comes to their behavior it can be as absurd and erratic as you may already be witnessing. Super sensitive to external stimuli, these children can trigger strange behavior with slightest of change in their surroundings, which is not unavoidable at times.
So, here are a few tips from teachers at a school for autism to help you understand and tackle the most common autism behaviors.
So, here are a few tips from teachers at a school for autism to help you understand and tackle the most common autism behaviors.
Sleeplessness
As we already mentioned, these children are super sensitive to change and stimuli. Anything in the day can keep him up the whole night, and training their body to recognize the external clock can be difficult. Most children have their own trigger factors. Jim, who is eight is a hyperactive boy. He loves to play with his ball and the dog. So his mother ensures that he plays enough to be tired by the night time. It is helping him become physically strong and sleep soundly at night. Probably, most children will fit that description and use that advice. A mother of 11 years old Samantha tells us her daughter can’t have caffeine after 3 pm or it will keep her up all night. So find what works for your child and be patient. Slowly, his body will adjust, advices a special school in Noida.
Fussy over food
Autistic children are the pickiest of eaters you would ever find. This makes it difficult for mothers to ensure they get proper nutrition. But with these children tolerance tops everything, even nutrition. So work towards increasing their tolerance towards a variety a food. They don’t even have to eat it. let them tolerate it on the table for a few days, then on their plate, then help them touch it, thus one step at a time. Force and negativity won’t help you here. You have to be patient and clever.
These were two of the most basic problems, read on to know more…
As we already mentioned, these children are super sensitive to change and stimuli. Anything in the day can keep him up the whole night, and training their body to recognize the external clock can be difficult. Most children have their own trigger factors. Jim, who is eight is a hyperactive boy. He loves to play with his ball and the dog. So his mother ensures that he plays enough to be tired by the night time. It is helping him become physically strong and sleep soundly at night. Probably, most children will fit that description and use that advice. A mother of 11 years old Samantha tells us her daughter can’t have caffeine after 3 pm or it will keep her up all night. So find what works for your child and be patient. Slowly, his body will adjust, advices a special school in Noida.
Fussy over food
Autistic children are the pickiest of eaters you would ever find. This makes it difficult for mothers to ensure they get proper nutrition. But with these children tolerance tops everything, even nutrition. So work towards increasing their tolerance towards a variety a food. They don’t even have to eat it. let them tolerate it on the table for a few days, then on their plate, then help them touch it, thus one step at a time. Force and negativity won’t help you here. You have to be patient and clever.
These were two of the most basic problems, read on to know more…