Autism Resources

Pupils on the autism spectrum can be affected in three areas- the triad of impairments:

• Social and emotional understanding: Children on the autism spectrum all have difficulty understanding social behaviour and conventions. They are also less able to recognise their emotions and those of others.

• Communication and language: Children on the autism spectrum have problems understanding communication and language, and in developing and using effective communication and language skills including speech, gesture, facial expressions and intonation.

• Flexibility of thought and behaviour: Children on the autism spectrum have difficulty problem solving and in knowing how to adapt when a familiar situation is changed.

• A fourth area, differences in sensory perception, may also affect pupils on the autism spectrum.

Autism

​Some tips to help to support learning for a child with Autism:

• Use visual timetables, now and then boards 

• Give visual instruction - children learn by seeing

• Give time for a child to process what you have said, keep instructions clear and repeat

• Be creative - tap into their interested e.g. Minecraft maths 

• Give lots of movement breaks, develop a sensory diet that works for you (see the sensory star)

• Be calm patient and don't shout 

• Be flexible what works one day may not work the next

• Use social stories to talk about the changes

• Give warnings and count downs before moving onto something new

• Have a calm place to withdraw if it get to much 

• Understand your child's sensory issues and triggers