- What techniques do you recommend for interacting with a person with ASD?
- What readings would you recommend to families to improve these aspects of communication and social interaction?
- What readings would you recommend to teachers to learn more about communication with students with ASD?
- How can you get a child to " listen " when they are not interested in doing so, without having to repeat the question many times or raise your voice?
- My son is 4 years old, and when he does something he shouldn't, I explain why he shouldn't do it, but I don't think he understands because he does it again. I don't know how to do it.
- How can I explain to my 6-year-old son the importance of giving other children space, not putting himself above others, and avoiding asking the same question repeatedly to avoid rejection from other children?
- I have a 14-year-old son with ASD and ADHD. How can I communicate better with him so that he doesn't become aggressive or angry every time I ask him to take a shower, do his homework, or put down his mobile phone, which he is very addicted to?
- Is it good to force children with ASD to interact with other classmates if they don't want to?
- When they are young or adults, how can we get them to leave the house if they also don't have a job? Is this isolation good for them?
- As a teacher, I struggle because with so many students, we lose sight of the needs of individuals with ASD. How can we help them and ensure they understand what we're saying?
- Can emotions be addressed with children with ASD in the school setting?
- What resources are available for adults with ASD? The few that families find are private and expensive.
- What strategies do you recommend to encourage the willingness to communicate using non-primary reinforcers in children with ASD and disabilities? Specifically, in cases of non-verbal ASD, without communication using pictograms or other alternative communication systems.
- How can we address their needs and reduce the anxiety they experience in everyday situations?
- How can you relate to a medical professional with ASD?
- What professional profile is best suited to work on communicative intent and interaction in people with ASD?
- How could the curriculum level be adapted to the profiles of children with ASD?
- How can we support a person with Asperger's Syndrome when we see that they are having trouble communicating?
Can emotions be addressed with children with ASD in the school setting?
Children and adults with ASD have difficulty identifying and expressing emotions. Clearly, emotions can and should be addressed through work.
It is important to work in a coordinated manner in the different spaces that are part of their immediate environment: school, institute, home, mental health center, and to use common strategies so as not to generate frustration for them.
First of all, it is important to name and put words to the feelings we observe; we will be helping them to learn about emotions and to be able to learn by imitation.
The level of distress in the child or individual must be taken into account, but activities designed to address emotions in these students can also be beneficial for others. Using visual aids will facilitate this process.
Some activities might be, for example:
- Emotion cards (identifying facial expressions, identifying the emotions of different characters based on social situations, memory game )
- Emotional thermometer to help regulate anger and/or anxiety
- Identifying bodily sensations linked to emotions in order to work on self-regulation, stories.
There are different websites with interesting resources to work on this topic, both with children with ASD and for the rest, such as pictoaplicaciones , auticmo.com or elsonidodelahierbaelcrecer .
