Blog #7 - Due on Monday, April 18
Dear students,
This time I would like to combine several themes from both classes, namely, conditional sentences, your knowledge of American education, and your Curious Incident reading. Here is my question: If you had an autistic child ( that is, someone like Christopher)...(1) What kind of education would you arrange for him/her? (2) What kinds of extracurricular activities would you encourage him/her to participate in? and (3) What else would you do to help him/her feel more comfortable socially and emotionally?
Please react to this very hypothetical situation, and react to each other's comments also.
Good luck,
Diana
If a have an autistic child, I will try to help him/her to built relationship with other people. I think have good friends is very helpful for autistic child. For example, I can invite other children come to our home to play with him/her. Or arrange him/her to play with the children who have common interests with him/her. On the other hand, because of autistic children always live in their own world, I also will play role-play games with him/her enable to let him/her understand other people's situation and practice social contact. Moreover, encourage him/her to try the new things may also is helpful.
ReplyDeleteI will allow him/her has a pet, which can interact with him/her. Parents should also spend more time to accompany with him/her. Taking him/her to join outdoor activities or team game can help him/her understand teamwork spirit and fit in group living.
I think the thing what parents could do is patiently and carefully to observe children's behaviors. Find their hobby and help them open their heart. Cultivating their awareness of community also could help them feel more comfortable socially and emotionally. But I the this is a progressive process, because they may get stress if you push them in corporate situations. At first, I can take him/her to join the families party or visit my neighbors. Tell the people to encourage or praise him/her in advance, and that will help him/her built confidence. Then I can help him/her to find several friends. After that, trying to sent him/her to the class or a bigger environment.
You have a lot of sensible idea for autistic child. that looks so great and make me imagine if I have met a child like Christopher in future, I would try to play some games and be his friend.
DeleteIf I had a autistic child, at first, I believe I would study a lot of autistic and try to give him my best care. I would not let him attend common school, because I don't want him sustain bully from other children from other children who don't understand him. I would send him to specious school for children like him. I will try my best to build between him and I, make him to try to accept other people. When he gets better to live in the world, I would send him to normal school.
ReplyDeleteSecond, most of autistic children are really good in some area. I will figure out what he like and good at. Encourage him to do what he like and what he want to do. Give him a dream and helping him to achieve his dream. I always hope my child can do the things he really liked.
Finally, I will always paying patient to him. Even though other people could not understand him, I want to be the person who always care about him and always try to understand him more. I will stand by his side, help him to adapt this social.
I think only thing parent can do for autistic children is understand them by heart.
I think you will be good mother ,if you have a child who have autistic. Because you mentioned a good point which is you will find what he is good at and support him .
DeleteI agree, special school is a great choice. Autistic children are focus on their interest area. If parents can help them solve their problem and develop their talent in the right way, that could be gift for them.
DeleteChildren with autism must have a special care. We must know how to deal with children with autism, as well as help them finding their needs and happiness. Also, parents who have autistic children must help their children finding their special needs by treating them properly and peacefully. they also shouldn't make them feel that they are different from others.
ReplyDeleteIf i had an autistic child, i would meet the needs of his/hers and i wouldn't even let them feel that they are missing something or they aren't as same as their friends.
autistic children must be well treated, so they don't feel that they are defective or they aren't equal with others, which may aggravate and worsen their situations. As known, children are usually influenced by their parents, which means that parents play important roles on their children, so they should be interactive with their autistic children and never punish them for any mistakes they make. In addition, There are multiple methods and ways to deal with autistic children. For example, parents should allow them to go out and have fun with their classmates or relatives because that makes them feel equal and helps them finding their happiness.
In terms of education, there are special schools and institutions for those who are suffering from Autism, where they can find specialists who have good and enough experiences that qualify them to deal with autistic children. That would help these children to improve their intellectual level and give them the opportunity to interact and stay with others for as much as they can.
I agree with you Enas. They should not feel that they are different. We should all try to help them, and I am sure they are smart in a lot of difficult aspects
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ReplyDelete1. If I had a child that is autistic like Christopher, I will combine two types of education for him/her.
One, going out to mix with other children in school is the first way to assist the child to begin to overcome the challenge. If he is fully cut off from others, he may live and grow up with the mentality that his own style of life is the best.
Two, in addition to that, I will arrange a psychologist to join in education/formator. This will be necessary because it will be very clear that he/she needs special assistance.
With these, I will be rest assured that the child will be helped to a large extent to over his/her condition with time.
2. The kind of extra curricular activities I will arrange for the child will include those that will be based on physical application than academic. For instance, soccer, golf, baseball, lawn tennis and games with outdoor facilities. Those will help to give the child some needed distractions.
3. In addition to the above, I will do everything to show the child more love. This is because the tendency to feel abandoned may be there. Drawing the child closer will only help to boost the level of warmth he/she will need.
REACTION TO PIOAYON'SWORK.
It is very correct as Pioayon put it that such a child should be made to mix with other children. It will help to build the warmth needed with others.
And to cultivate the habit of watching children grow up is very important as parents. She has a great experience in helping such children overcome their condition with time.
1) I would let my child goes to a specific school for autistic children and surrounded by teachers who have masters in the field of autism because they have to know autism very well in order to get improvement in the child's case. I am sure if the parents started taking care of it in earlier age, they would improve so much. There are a lot of children who were autistic and studied in specific schools that deals with autism, and after a couple of years they were mixed with normal children and they are doing well. I will never look at it as a complicated problem, i would rather try to find solutions so my child can get better. I think having an autistic child much easier to deal with than a child who has a physical problem.
ReplyDelete2) i think joining clubs for sports, music, art are great for them, so they can immerse with the society. If my child was like Christopher, i would encourage him/her to join a mathematics club and participate in competitions.
3) I would like to encourage him/her to be what he/ she is. I would try to make him/ her independent. If I had guests coming over the house, i would like him/ her to be upfront and talking to them. I would not give up on him/ her, there is always a way of improvement.
I hope we can take courses in school just to give people a general idea about autism and how to deal with autistic children because again it is not the worst problem.