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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May 31, 20231 min read
Sorting buttons by colour
Flora learns to sort buttons by their colour. In this way she is practising her problem-solving skills (see here). To help her understand...
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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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May 31, 20231 min read
Counting Buttons
Flora learns to count using everyday objects such as buttons and choosing them based on their colour. In this way she is practicing her...
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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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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, 20231 min read
Movement game with a dice
Through group activities Flora learns to follow social rules, to interact with others, to cooperate and to build her self-confidence. For...
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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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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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Apr 27, 20231 min read
Matching the symbols
Flora learns what's in her school bag by matching symbols. This helps her with building her vocabulary. Flora is still at an early stage...
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florastophasma
Apr 27, 20231 min read
Handmade slime
Flora is struggling with joint attention, so in order to help her we have planned and demonstrated a group activity, making slime. For...
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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, 20231 min read
I am making hot chocolate
Flora learns to communicate and build simple sentences by making a hot chocolate. When Flora was at a relatively early stage of...
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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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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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Apr 27, 20231 min read
'In the lake’- Developing play skills
Flora is learning to develop her pretend play skills. In order to support her with this we have planned an engaging activity to encourage...
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florastophasma
Mar 26, 20231 min read
Robot made out of foil
When planning an activity it is important that the activity has a purpose that is understandable. This way the activity becomes more...
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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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florastophasma
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Life skills: skills necessary for everyday life
In a previous post we have mentioned the importance for Flora and students with ASC to develop skills necessary for everyday life, such...
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florastophasma
Mar 26, 20231 min read
I am learning to put on my jacket and tie my shoelaces
Flora is learning to become as independent as possible in her daily life. For this reason, she practices basic skills that are necessary...
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