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My autistic 7 year old is in school . what can i do at home to help him? how do i get him to dress and bath , himself and talk more?
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Autism: Use flash cards. You can get them online or make your own. Breakdown the bathing into steps and repeat the same cards each day. That helps, for talking, sometimes aba therapy works. Good luck.
Answered 3/8/2015
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Autism: Complicated answer but best i can give you is to seek a therapist who provides aba or applied behavior analysis. This should help you a great deal!
Answered 4/21/2014
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Visual prompts & ABA: Both help. " steps to independence" is a book that divides self-help tasks into steps; reward his attempts at mastery (e.g., "screen time" only after "work, " till 30 min. Before bedtime & < 2 hrs./day). Gear verbal & visual prompts to you son's intellectual ability. Help him, but don't do it for him. Give him a desired object only when he signs or says a word/ approximation. Ignore protests.
Answered 3/21/2013
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