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Many parents make the decision not to send their autistic child to preschool, opting instead for the safe option of caring for their autistic infant at home.

 

However this option is not always ideal and many parents feel their autistic infant would benefit from preschool, or maybe work and family commitments means some parents are forced to make the decision of sending their autistic child to preschool.

 

No matter what the reason the outcome is the same finding and then helping your autistic child with the transition from being at home to being in preschool is going to be difficult and stressful unless you are prepared and armed with appropriate help and resources which can make this transition smoother.

 

To help to your preschool autistic child with the transition into preschool tackling their autistic social skills deficits will be helpful.

 

Children with autism will always have autistic social skills deficits, these are difficulties with social and communication both verbal and non verbal skills as well as deficits in imagination and interaction skills.

 

Generally, children with autism do not develop socially in the same manner as their typically developing peers. Typically developing children learn social skills through play and their environment; this is not the case with preschool autistic children.

Most preschools or nursery schools will expect a certain amount of social and communication skills.  Therefore if it is your decision to apply and send your autistic toddler to preschool, you must first find out and ensure your autistic toddler meets any criteria.

 

If he does not it might be a good idea to first have a meeting with the teacher and explain at what level your autistic toddler is and how you can help to make the transition easier.

 

The preschool may ask that you come in with your child or that he attends for shorter periods, they may even refuse entrance until the appropriate social and communication skills have been learnt.

By social and communication skills, generally this will mean that your child is clean, for example can use potty or toilet, most preschools do not mind the odd accident. It may also mean your child can communicate, for example can answer simple questions, can recognize their own name and will be able to follow simple instructions. They may also require that your autistic toddler is able to feed themselves etc.

 

These are all general social and communication skills necessary from all children entering preschool.

 

There are ways in which you can help develop social and communication skills in your autistic child. This can be done at home the rest of the family can all help also should you wish.

 

Many parents are turning more and more to resources such as social skills stories for autistic children to help them develop appropriate social and communication skills in their preschool autistic youngster.

 

First developed almost twenty years ago the social skills stories for autistic children are designed to promote and teach social and communication skills. They were fist introduced by therapist Carol Gray to teach social and communication skills to the autistic children she was herself working with.

Since then social skills stories for autistic children have evolved into a huge resource widely respected and used by not only parents but also teachers, care givers and other professionals working with autistic children.

 

They are generally visually rich which is important, as most autistic children are visual learners and will respond far better to visual representations rather than the written or spoken word.

 

They also follow a set pattern of four different sentence types, which describe the skill in detail with the focus being on the important social cue.

 

Social skills stories are always written in the first person, and from the preschool autistic youngster’s point of view.

 

Research does show us that parents of autistic children that introduce social skills stories to their autistic child have had tremendous success rates in teaching essential daily life skills such as potty training, toilet training, help with eating habits, personal hygiene and other skills such as pretend play, making friends, asking questions, controlling anger and various other social and communication skills.

 

The internet makes it possible for parents of autistic children to readily source social skills stories from sites such as: www.autismsocialstories.com

 

PLUS various other sites dedicated to social skills stories for autistic children, teaching new social skills like potty training can be found at:www.autismsocialstories.com/potty

Or preschool autism stories at sites such as: www.autismsocialstories.com/preschool

The internet is a host to many sites offering social skills stories to parents of autistic children which can help with issues like preschool autism as well as other issues sites such as:

www.autismsocialstories.com

www.autismsocialstories.com/school

www.autismsocialstories.com/hygiene

www.autismsocialstories.com/social_skills

www.autismsocialstories.com/howto

 

 

 

 

A burning question can autism be cured?

 

Many parents of autistic children ask the same question is there any cure for autism?

The answer is sadly no.

 

There is no cure for autism.

 

While you may see ads for books and products that promise a cure for autism, they are unfortunately unfounded. There as of now is still no cure for autism. But there are lots of treatments that ,make living with autism spectrum disorder easier.

 

The next burning question is what causes autism?

 

Research in to autism is still unclear of any definite cause for autism. Scientists are still looking at what causes autism and believe that the cause for autism lies with a number of factors including genetics, neurological and environmental factors.

 

Autism spectrum disorder is a life long condition, which is not curable but is treatable. Children with autism with the right help can develop strategies to help them understand behaviors and skills which will help them reach their potential and cope with every day life skills.

Some parents hope their autistic child may simply outgrow their autism, this unfortunately is not possible. But it is possible to overcome many autism symptoms and characteristics.

 

If not overcome some of the autism symptoms and characteristics at least manage to control and cope with their autistic social skills deficits and behaviors.

 

Many autistic children will over time and with the right encouragement and social skills interventions and strategies find ways of coping and dealing with our confusing and sometimes overwhelming world.

 

All children with autism spectrum disorder will have autistic social skills deficits in social, communication, interaction and imagination skills which a typically developing child will not display.

 

These social skills deficits are the autism symptoms and characteristics that define autism and are generally present and used as a diagnoses of autism in a child.

 

The diagnosis of autism in a child is of cause devastating for any parent. That said, there are some very good strategies and supports available to all parents of children with autism that will help the autistic child develop the social and communication skills they are lacking.

 

One such support is social skills stories for autistic children, used as a means to teach and re-enforce social, communication, imagination and interaction and behavior skills all necessary to function and live a relatively normal life.

 

For example an autistic toddler will be expected to have certain amount of social skills when joining preschool. Therefore parents of the autistic toddler can use social skills stories to develop these skills and make the transition to preschool easier.

 

This is also necessary for mainstream inclusion all children will be expected to have a certain amount of social skills and appropriate behaviors for inclusion, again parents of children with autism can use social skills stories for autistic children to develop these skills.

 

Teachers are also using social skills stories to help children with autism spectrum disorder find ways of coping within the school environment and report tremendous success using social skills stories for autistic students.

 

Consequently social stories are widely used for children with autism spectrum disorder to help them cope with and learn appropriate social, communication, imagination and interaction skills and behaviors.

 

Social stories were developed almost twenty years ago by therapist Carol Gray and have been implemented and used widely since in their development for the treatment of autistic social skills deficits and behaviors.

 

Appropriately used text and visual images describe in detail with key focus to the skill or behavior being taught the how, why, where and when of all situations, and skills that need to be mastered by the child with autism and autistic students.

 

To learn more about social stories and how they can benefit your child visit: http://www.autismsocialstories.com

 

Or any of the following sites:

http://www.autismsocialstories.com/social_skills

http://www.autismsocialstories.com/preschool

http://www.autismsocialstories.com/potty

http://www.autismsocialstories.com/school

Many parents decide not to send their autistic child to preschool, opting instead for the safe option of caring for the autistic infant at home in a safe secure environment.

 

However this option is not always ideal and many parents feel their autistic infant would benefit from preschool, or maybe work and family commitments means some parents are forced to make the decision of sending their autistic infant to preschool.

 

Whatever the reason the outcome is the same finding and then helping your autistic child with the transition from being at home to being in preschool.

To understand and be the best help to your preschool autistic child it is going to be paramount that you address some simple issues firstly.

Children with autism will always have autistic social skills deficits, which are difficulties with social communication both verbal and non verbal as well as deficits in imagination and interaction skills.

 

Generally, children with autism do not develop socially in the same manner as their typically developing peers. Typically developing children learn social skills through play and their environment; this is generally not the case with the preschool autistic child.

 

Most preschools or nursery schools will expect a certain amount of social and communication skills from the children joining. Therefore if it is your decision to apply and send your autistic toddler to preschool, you must first find out and ensure your autistic toddler meets this criteria.

 

If he does not it might be a good idea to first have a meeting with the teacher and explain at what level your autistic toddler is and how you can help to make the transition easier.

 

The preschool may ask that you come in with your preschool autistic child or that he attends for shorter periods, they may even refuse entrance until the appropriate social and communication skills have been learnt.

 

By social and communication skills, generally this will mean that your child is clean, for example can use potty or toilet, most preschools do not mind the odd accident. It may also mean your child can communicate, for example can answer simple questions, can recognize their own name and will be able to follow simple instructions. They may also require that your autistic toddler is able to feed themselves etc.

 

These are all general social and communication skills necessary from all children entering preschool.

 

There are ways in which you can help develop social and communication skills in your autistic child. This can be done at home the rest of the family can all help also should you wish.

Many parents are turning more and more to resources such as social skills stories for autistic children to help them develop appropriate social and communication skills in their preschool autistic youngster.

 

First developed almost twenty years ago the social skills stories for autistic children are designed to promote and teach social and communication skills. They were fist introduced by therapist Carol Gray to teach social and communication skills to the autistic children she was herself working with.

 

Since then social skills stories for autistic children have evolved into a huge resource widely respected and used by not only parents but also teachers, care givers and other professionals working with autistic children.

 

They are generally visually rich which is important, as most autistic children are visual learners and will respond far better to visual representations rather than the written or spoken word.

 

They also follow a set pattern of four different sentence types, which describe the skill in detail with the focus being on the important social cue.

 

Social skills stories are always written in the first person, and from the autistic youngsters point of view.

 

Research does show us that parents of autistic children that introduce social skills stories to their preschool autistic youngsters have had tremendous success rates in teaching essential daily life skills such as potty training, toilet training, help with eating habits, personal hygiene and other skills such as pretend play, making friends, asking questions, controlling anger and various other social and communication skills.

 

The internet makes it possible for parents of autistic children to readily source social skills stories from sites such as: www.autismsocialstories.com

 

PLUS various other sites dedicated to social skills stories for autistic children, teaching new social skills like potty training can be found at:www.autismsocialstories.com/potty

Or preschool autism stories at sites such as: www.autismsocialstories.com/preschool

 

The internet is a host to many sites offering social skills stories to parents of autistic children which can help with issues like preschool autism as well as other issues sites such as:

www.autismsocialstories.com

www.autismsocialstories.com/school

www.autismsocialstories.com/hygiene

www.autismsocialstories.com/social_skills

www.autismsocialstories.com/howto

Autism is a lifelong developmental disorder present from birth. However it is not normally detected until the autistic toddler reaches about 2 - 3 years.

Parents will normally become aware of signs and symptoms of autism in toddlers and infants at around 18 months of age.

 

Here is a brief list of some of the signs and symptoms of autism in toddlers and infants:

 

By 3 months your normally developing child will produce a social smile, will enjoy social interaction and may become distressed when this stops, will be attempting to mimic some facial and body expressions.

 

By 7 - 8 months your normally developing child will show interest in looking in mirrors, will respond to others, enjoy social play

By 1 year your child will enjoy imitating people, may cry when parents leave, maybe anxious around strangers, will test parents boundaries when feeding or with behaviors, will finger feed, will be using gestures.

 

By 2 years your child will be aware of their own body as being separate to others, will imitate, will enjoy the company of other children, will begin to show defiant behaviors

 

By 3 years your child will be able to take turns, show affection, understand commands, understand the meaning of mine, his, hers, yours and so on.

 

This is a very basic list more information can be found at:

 

http://www.autismsocialstories.com

 

However if you feel your toddler may be autistic your first step should always be your G.P.

 

Once autism is diagnosed there are steps you can take to help your autistic toddler develop the appropriate social, communication, imagination and interaction deficits.

 

Such helps as autism social skills stories, PECS cards, flash cards, autism visual schedules and so on

 

For a full list of help for your autistic toddler visit:

 

www.autismsocialstories.com/preschool

 

And gain professional help and support for your autistic toddler and infant.

 

 

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Autism and asperger syndrome are both lifelong developmental disorders affecting the brain.

 

Autism is characterized by the triad of autistic impairments;

Social deficits

Communication deficits

Imagination and interaction deficits.

 

All autistic preschoolers will have the triad of autistic impairments with varying degree. One end of the autism scale some autistic preschoolers will be low functioning where speech may not develop and other learning disabilities may also be present.

 

The other end of the autism scale is the infant with asperger syndrome where the autistic preschooler will develop speech and may be average to above average intelligence.

Normally developing toddlers will learn social skills through their environment, watching their parents and peers. However the autistic toddler will lack the desire to learn social skills naturally and will need to be taught social skills directly.

 

Unlike a normally developing toddler the autistic toddler will lack the enthusiasm to please, mimic or copy their parent or peers making teaching autistic preschoolers difficult and at times stressful.

 

Therefore it is advisable to take into consideration all tried and tested autism resources available to educators and parents alike.

 

Research into teaching preschool age autistic children shows an increased success in teaching autistic preschoolers social skills when autism resources such as autism social skills stories, PECS cards, Flash cards and other autism resources such as visual schedules are introduced.

Educators and other professionals dealing with development of an autistic toddler agree teaching preschool age autistic children is made easier when these simple autism resources are made available to the autistic toddler.

 

The internet makes it possible for those parents and educators of autistic infants to resource and implement autism resources quickly and easily.

One such fountain of autism resources for autistic infants; such as autism social stories, PECS cards and flash cards is:

 

www.autismsocialstories.com/preschool

 

 

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Children with autism spectrum disorder find learning new skills difficult.

A normally developing toddler will learn social skills like toilet training naturally, there may be a few accidents but the skills when practiced and observed will be learnt quite simply.

 

On the other hand children with autism spectrum disorder do not naturally acquire social skills learning and will need to be taught this vital skill directly.

 

A good point to remember is that autistic children tend to be visual learners and have a desire for routines and sameness.

 

A routine should be established that the autistic child can understand and is easy to implement, keeping the process simple and in small easy to achieve steps.

 

When attempting teaching toilet training to autistic toddler, the first thoughts should be is the autistic child ready to begin toilet training, have they become aware of soiling, are they asking to be changed or showing signs of discomfort after soiling themselves. Are they becoming clean at night?

 

There are suggestions showing that an autistic toddler may become ready to toilet train later than that of children of the same age and that in some cases the process can take up to a year to become dry and two to become clean.

Some good pointers to remember when teaching toilet training to autistic toddler are:

 

Is the autistic child able to sit on the potty or toilet for at least one to two minutes comfortably without jumping off or becoming anxious and or upset?

 

Sometimes children with autism spectrum disorder will begin to show an interest in other people using the toilet, they may be showing signs of discomfort when they are soiled and are beginning to co-operate in the social skills learning how to use potty or toilet.

 

Generally it would be useful if the autistic toddler had some degree of communication skill for example do they use social skills stories, flash cards or other means of communications.

 

Will they recognize a picture of a toilet or potty; is the autistic toddler able to use words can they understand the word toilet or potty?

Autistic children have difficulties with social skills and communication deficits; therefore it is a good idea to maybe use autistic visual supports.

These autistic visual supports can be a picture of a toilet placed on the bathroom door for example.

 

You will also need to be aware that children with autism are sensitive and this could easily be an issue; the hard cold toilet seat, flushing chain, toilet paper, washing their hands all sensory issues some autistic children find difficult; social skills stories can help overcome these difficulties.

 

For an autistic child autistic visual supports in the form of autism social stories are very useful, they explain the need to learn this vital social skill plus the process used to go potty or use the toilet.

 

Focus is given to a few key points that children with autism find confusing and explain how, when, why and what; helping the autistic child feel more comfortable with the learning process.

 

Teaching toilet training to autistic toddler is made easier and less stressful when social skills stories and other autistic visual supports are implemented, like autism potty training social stories

 

Get immediate downloads of autism social skills stories to help with autism potty training social stories; as well as how to use the toilet from autism social stories.

 

These autism resource sites are stocked full of helpful social skills stories that are download able and easy to implement.

 

Autism potty training social stories can be found at:

www.autismsocialstories.com/potty

 

Other suitable social skills stories and autistic visual supports can be found at:

www.autismsocialstories.com/preschool

 

www.autismsocialstories.com

 

www.autismsocialstories.com/school

 

www.autismsocialstories.com/behavior

www.autismsocialstories.com/autistic_teens

 

www.autismsocialstories.com/asperger_adolescents

 

www.autismsocialstories.com/social_skills

www.autismsocialstories.com/howto

 

www.autismsocialstories.com/valentines_day

www.autismsocialstories.com/mothers_day

 

 

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As autism awareness increases so do the treatments, therapies and autism resources available to an autistic infant and their parents.

 

Autism is not curable; it is a congenital disorder affecting three main areas of development

Social

Communication

Imagination and interaction

 

There are an increasing number of parents looking to educate their autistic toddler through mainstream education. Whether you decide to use the mainstream education system or not will depend largely on the general level of intelligence language and behavior of the autistic toddler.

Choosing mainstream preschools rather than a home schooling environment until the autistic infant is of school beginning age; can be a challenge. The socialization and communication aspects of preschool can be challenging to an autism preschooler.

 

The core areas for concern autistic parents have are the development of communication skills as well as social skills, imagination and interaction skills. All these skills a normally developing child will learn naturally, everyday from their parents, siblings, family, peers and the environment.

 

However for autistic parents they will notice their autistic infant may be behind on socially accepted areas of development, speech may be delayed, there will be a lack of eye contact, they will prefer to be alone, they may prefer not to be touched, their communication skills will be immature or missing, the autistic toddler may not point or share an activity they may have unusual obsessions.

 

Even though autism awareness is increasing there may still be some autistic symptoms in preschoolers that may have an impact of the preschool the autistic infant intends joining.

 

The preschool should be given adequate autism awareness information before the autistic infant arrives to make them aware of the autistic symptoms in preschoolers.

 

An autistic toddler may not understand or abide by the rules of preschool.

The autistic symptoms in preschoolers may include:

Difficulties in sharing, turn taking, sitting, listening, communicating, and behavior, may display aggressive behavior when they do not get their own way or are not allowed to do as they please.

 

They may not be able to toilet appropriately their eating habits may not be age appropriate, they will be hypersensitive, may get anxious at loud noises, wont like being touched.

The autistic toddler will probably prefer not to join in group activities, preferring to work and play alone.

 

There are adequate autism resources available to help the autism preschooler cope with the mainstream preschool setting.

 

Autism awareness is growing among the mainstream education system and schools and preschools are gaining more knowledge and skills in providing adequate provision for the autistic child.

 

A preschool that is offering placement to an autistic child should obtain necessary autism resources to help the transition from home to preschool happen smoothly.

 

An autistic child can learn social skills necessary for preschool using autism resources such as social skills stories.

These affective tools are available to autistic parents and autistic educators in various formats as social skills stories, flash cards, emotion cards, schedules and so on.

 

For the purposes of this article I will look at social skills stories, in my many years of working with autistic children I have researched the use of social skills stories and found that autistic children do respond very well to visual supports such as social skills stories and have gained adequate social skills to maintain a placement in preschool, school, college, further education and then go on to hold down a job.

Teaching social skills to autistic preschoolers is vital and social skills are used affectively to do just that.

 

Implementing autism social skills stories is easy with the development of the internet autistic educators can easily locate autism social skills stories for use in preschool. They will be invaluable when teaching social skills to autistic preschoolers.

 

Autism social skills stories are an important tool in helping an autistic child understand social skills as well as understand  things like; sharing, taking turns, crying, tantrums, toileting, appropriate eating habits, playing games, listening to class stories, interaction with their peers, activities, rules and  lots more all vital skills that need to be taught directly.

The autism social skills stories at www.autismsocialstories.com/preschool are aimed at helping autistic educator with teaching social skills to autistic preschoolers, autistic parents find coping strategies for helping an autistic preschooler manage preschool; and the autism preschooler cope with the everyday skills needed in preschool.

 

For access to 30 stories and other important information on autism preschooler, plus autism resources visit the site today.

 

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The symptoms of autism in preschoolers:

Autism spectrum disorder is a pervasive developmental disorder of the brain.

 

The three main areas of developmental difficulties/ symptoms of autism in preschoolers are:

Social deficits

Communication deficits

Imagination and interaction

 

Autistic babies in general are not normally cuddly, they will avoid eye contact and may not raise their arms to be picked up or cuddled.

 

A normally developing baby will show interest in for example a baby gym, the faces of their parents and others.

 

On the other hand autistic babies will show little interest in people watching will not attempt to mimic their parents, will not babble and show no interest in stimulation such as baby gyms etc.

 

An autistic toddler will normally show no interest in sharing objects or toys; will lack the ability to point and when they do point it may be vague and not directed at anything in particular.

 

Sometimes autism preschoolers will display an unusual interest in bizarre or even weird objects, like a clock mechanism, will line up their toys or sort into colors rather than engage in pretend play.

 

The autistic preschooler will show little or no interest in sharing their obsession or engaging with their peers in pretend play.

 

They may un-naturally latch on to another child at preschool and want to be with them all the time regardless of the child’s reaction to them.

Sometimes this can work also the other way autistic preschooler may not like someone for the way they look.

 

One of the main issues with autism preschoolers is their lack of social skills.

A normally developing child will learn vital social skills through their environment, their peers, autistic educators, parents and siblings.

 

With autistic toddlers this naturally learnt skill is missing, with autism preschoolers vital social skills need to be taught directly. Vital social skills teaching for autistic children can be gained from social skills stories.

 

Social skills teaching for autistic children is necessary when the child is attending a preschool…autism preschoolers social skills…are needed.

 

For example can your child use the toilet, or potty? Have they got age appropriate eating habits?

Can they follow simple instructions? Are they aggressive, sometimes quite out of the blue?

 

Social skills can be taught and re-enforced using autism social skills stories

 

Autism social skills can be implemented in the home and at preschool to help give your autistic toddler clear instruction on certain tasks, activities and behaviors they may be struggling with.

 

Download autism social skills stories for autism preschoolers on a variety of topics, all age relevant and pictorially rich

 

Autism social skills stories for autism preschoolers can be found at:

 

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Generally there are two main issues with toilet training an autistic child. The first being fear, the second being the autistic child is not aware of the need to go toilet, or what is expected of them when they do need to go toilet.

 

Let’s look therefore at these issues:

 

So how do I toilet train an autistic child? Well let’s first look at fear. Autistic children are sensitive and the sound of the flushing toilet can sometimes hurt their ears or frighten them.

 

To toilet train an autistic child, you need to remove this fear. Try using a potty instead of the toilet. Have the potty in a different part of the house maybe away from the toilet. Your autistic child may be scared of the toilet itself. So by having a potty in a different area you remove the fear.

 

Flush the content of the potty without your autistic child in the room.

 

The flip side to this is that perhaps your autistic child is obsessed with the flush action of the toilet and wants to repeatedly flush.

 

A good idea to help this is for an adult to demonstrate how to use the toilet and then flush only once. An autism social story for flushing the toilet can help combat this need to constantly flush.

 

As in the case of Zac a preschool autistic child with toileting issues. Zac’s mother was introduced to autism social skills stories. After the autism social skills story was put in place Zac was more comfortable with the situation and it wasn’t long before Zac’s mother reported success

 

Sometimes autistic children that are very sensitive have difficulties with anxieties related to the toilet and can become stressed which results in the need to use the toilet not being felt, subsequently accident occur.

 

To combat this situation remove the fear and anxiety by trying to be more relaxed about the toilet, demonstrate how to use the toilet and try not to make using the toilet a big issue, hold back talk less and reward positive behavior however small.

Take small steps, Rome was not built in a day! Break down the process of going to the toilet into small achievable steps with reward for positive behaviors.

Autistic children learn visually therefore as with Zac introducing autism social skills stories will visually show the autistic toddler what is expected of them and how they can achieve this.

 

A normally developing child will learn social skills as going to the toilet from their parents and the environment, the autistic toddler on the other hand does not, they lack interest in their environment and need to be taught vital social skills directly.

 

This is where parents and teachers need appropriate support in the form of autism social stories to teach and re-enforce autism social skills such as toilet training

Download autism social skills stories for potty / toilet training now from:

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PART ONE:

The theory of mind is often abbreviated to “TOM”

The Theory of mind begins developing early in a persons life, as does the symptoms of Autism.

So for instance a normally developing child of around 6 months old will already be able to read your face, they may not yet know what the face means, like a frown for example. But will be aware of your smile.

Once a child has realized what the different facial expressions mean, they are able to act accordingly, this is non-verbal behavior, they will be able to take the appropriate actions.

For example a toddler can be guided by it’s mothers facial expressions to know what she is feeling.

The autistic toddler on the other hand does not read facial expressions and will not normally be interested in watching faces. The face to an autistic toddler does not hold the same fascination. 

By about a year a normally developing child will of begun to realize that most people act in certain ways to achieve an outcome. So for example cry-gets a cuddle or soother.

This is an early marker or point of interest in theory of mind. The autistic toddler will not yet have figured out how certain behaviors gets certain actions.

This general pattern will continue through the childhood years, into adolescents and onto adulthood.

However there are ways to improve, teach and nurture your autistic toddlers social capabilities. By using something called autism social stories you can give your autistic toddler the appropriate information and behaviors for certain tasks, activity’s and situations…in-face anything you feel they need help coping with or help in understanding.

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