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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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florastophasma
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, 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, 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, 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, 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
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, 20232 min read
Autism and Maths
Flora is finding Maths challenging. But when Maths are combined with play and the skills learned can be applied to everyday life, Flora...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20232 min read
Autism and Behaviour that challenges
There are times when Flora may display behaviours that are challenging and lead to outbursts either towards others or herself. Examples...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20231 min read
Autism and Preparing for the return to school
Going back to school after the summer is a big change for all children. And this year the return will be different. It's important to...
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florastophasma
May 31, 20232 min read
The importance of group play in class
One of the characteristics of Autism Spectrum Condition is the child's difficulty in social interaction and consequently in participating...
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florastophasma
Apr 27, 20232 min read
Autism: Pupil Profile
Now that Flora has returned to school and has started to learn her new routine and her peers, it is important to create her Pupil...
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florastophasma
Apr 27, 20232 min read
Autism and Differentiation
In a previous post we have mentioned the criteria we use to select and plan the learning activities. For more information, see here. Once...
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florastophasma
Apr 27, 20232 min read
Autism and Joint Attention
Joint attention is the ability of a child to focus attention on another person and an object/activity at the same time and thus share a...
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florastophasma
Apr 27, 20233 min read
Autism and Communication
One of the main difficulties that Flora, and all children with ASC, is having is in communicating and, consequently, in interacting with...
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florastophasma
Apr 27, 20232 min read
Autism and Symbolic Play
Play is important for children’s development as it helps them to develop their social skills, express their concerns and feelings, learn...
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florastophasma
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Autism: How do we plan an activity with a purpose?
Flora, like many children with ASC, finds it difficult to participate actively in learning activities. That is why it is important to...
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