A good night's sleep is essential for a child's overall wellbeing, affecting their development, mood, learning, and...

Flora, like many autistic girls has difficulties to understand and manage her period and the changes that it causes. The start of the...

Flora, like many children with autism, has difficulty learning to use the toilet. This may be due to physical difficulties , difficulty...

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...

As the days go by and Flora continues to be at home, we decided to continue planning different and creative activities to support her...

We continue to stay at home and learn. It is important to include in Flora's timetable different and creative activities aiming at...

Problem-solving skills are very important as they help Flora to compare and categorize objects, understand basic properties and...

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...

In previous posts we have discussed the role of the adult, as well as the criteria we use for planning activities. However, the space...

Fine motor skills is the ability to use the small muscles, especially the muscles of our hands and fingers, successfully. The development...

Flora is finding Maths challenging. But when Maths are combined with play and the skills learned can be applied to everyday life, Flora...

There are times when Flora may display behaviours that are challenging and lead to outbursts either towards others or herself. Examples...

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...

One of the characteristics of Autism Spectrum Condition is the child's difficulty in social interaction and consequently in participating...

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...

In a previous post we have mentioned the criteria we use to select and plan the learning activities. For more information, see here. Once...

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...

One of the main difficulties that Flora, and all children with ASC, is having is in communicating and, consequently, in interacting with...

Play is important for children’s development as it helps them to develop their social skills, express their concerns and feelings, learn...

Flora, like many children with ASC, finds it difficult to participate actively in learning activities. That is why it is important to...