- 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?
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?
One of the difficulties some people with ASD face is social interaction and communication. They often don't realize they are behaving inappropriately or don't perceive the impact their behavior has on others. They struggle to empathize with others and understand if they are making them uncomfortable or causing them distress.
To avoid this potential rejection, we can work on turn-taking. This means helping the person with autism understand that there are speaking turns and that maintaining interpersonal distance is important both in conversation and during games. It can also help them understand the importance of controlling the impulse to constantly explain everything without realizing that the other person also needs their space and may want to respond to everything being explained.
We can also train social skills, both verbal and non-verbal, through role-playing , that is, creating fictional situations in which they can practice these skills so that when they are in the natural environment it will be easier for them.
Sometimes it's also necessary to explain social rules to them, which aren't easy for them to understand. The goal is to help them memorize and internalize these rules, even if they don't fully grasp the reasons behind them, so they can then apply these concepts to more natural contexts.
