Autism and Sleep
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Mar 43 min read
Autism and Mensturation
Flora, like many autistic girls has difficulties to understand and manage her period and the changes that it causes. The start of the...
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Nov 16, 20233 min read
Autism and Toileting
Flora, like many children with autism, has difficulty learning to use the toilet. This may be due to physical difficulties , difficulty...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20231 min read
Ideas for sensory circuit and relaxation at home.
Sensory circuit and relaxation are very important for Flora's physical and mental calmness and readiness to learn. For more details and...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20232 min read
What is a Sensory Circuit
During this time Flora has to stay at home to be safe. But it is important to explain why, and to create and maintain a daily timetable...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20232 min read
How can we plan Story Time at home?
As the days go by and Flora continues to be at home, we decided to continue planning different and creative activities to support her...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20231 min read
Magic potion
One of our favourite activities with Flora is reading stories and then combining them with exciting activities. For more information...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20231 min read
Making Toast
It is important to include in Flora's timetable different and creative activities aiming at developing her learning and her life skills....
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florastophasma
May 31, 20233 min read
Life skills:
We continue to stay at home and learn. It is important to include in Flora's timetable different and creative activities aiming at...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20231 min read
Playing and painting with foam
Flora learns and concentrates more easily when she is playing and having fun. Painting with alternative media is one of her favourite...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20231 min read
Colour sorting activity
Flora is learning to identify different colours and finds it very engaging to do this with her clothes or other everyday objects. In this...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20232 min read
Autism and Problem solving activities
Problem-solving skills are very important as they help Flora to compare and categorize objects, understand basic properties and...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20231 min read
Making Playdough
Flora will return safely to her school in a few days. Until then, she continues to learn by having fun at home and making her own...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20231 min read
Kneading playdough
After Flora has made her own homemade playdough (see here) now it's time to play and learn with it. I need: Playdough rolling pin fork...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20232 min read
Autism and Learning: How do we plan our activities?
The role of the adult, as well as the creation of a plan for our activities, is very important for a successful outcome . However, the...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20232 min read
Autism and Learning: How we arrange our class/ learning space.
In previous posts we have discussed the role of the adult, as well as the criteria we use for planning activities. However, the space...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20231 min read
Pairing my socks
Flora continues to practice and improve her problem-solving skills using everyday objects she finds at home on a daily basis. Thus, she...
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May 31, 20231 min read
Fine motors skills: Activities using tweezers
Flora is participating in activities that strengthen the muscles of both her hands and her fingers on a daily basis. This results in the...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20231 min read
Autism and Fine motor skills
Fine motor skills is the ability to use the small muscles, especially the muscles of our hands and fingers, successfully. The development...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20231 min read
Autism and Maths: A game with beads, dice and numbers
Flora learns Maths more easily when the activity is combined with play and everyday objects. More information about fine motor skills can...
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