When working with young children you must be observant. Once you’ve observed atypical development in a child, you have to change the way YOU interact and make accommodations in the classroom environment. Here are a few tips for your classroom that can help accommodate a child who has an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Create a safe […]
Learning how the brain of an autistic child works can give you rare insight and understanding for the children you serve. We have learned that people on the ASD spectrum can have extreme variation in symptoms but there are also some key similarities seen in each person called ¨core cognitive deficits¨. Let’s take a look […]
Childcare providers have the unique ability to observe a child’s behavior, or changes in a child’s behavior, that can indicate he has autism. To understand more, we first need to take a look at what autism is. Autism is a spectrum disorder (ASD), meaning there is a whole range of intensity symptoms and behaviors. One […]