Supporting Children with Autism (special needs and autism)

In order to best support a child who has a diagnosis with Autism, it’s important to understand some of the characteristics which impact their learning. This six page summary provides teachers, caregivers and allied health staff a summary of how to support a child with autism.

This document focuses on their learning style characteristics which are more favourable to learning and development. These include exploring and explaining the following:

• rote memory skills
• attention difficulties
• learning new concepts
• compartmentalising chunk learning
• developing meaning and generalising skills
• concrete and literal thinking
• visual learning style
• learning strengths

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All Therapy Resources pride ourselves on creating therapeutic, behavioural and educational resources that we use in-house within our own practice. This means that our resources are tried and tested by a team of Allied Health professionals - Counsellors, Occupational and Speech Therapists, Behaviour Practitioners, Play Therapists and Psychologists - so we know they work!

Because we are fortunate to have such a wonderful and diverse range of clients, our resources cover a broad spectrum of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) topics. These include resources on Impulse Control, Anger Management, Anxiety, Mental Health and psychotherapy treatment, DBT and CBT interventions, Social and Friendship Skills , Conflict Management, SPED, Individual and Group Curriculums, Executive Functioning, Classroom Management, Career Exploration, Counselling Documentation and even Professional Development. We want to see everyone thrive, and our resources can help ensure that you can too.