Parent Tips

Nowadays, children spend much of their time engaged with screens – tablets, phones, and computers. This means less time for outdoor play, from which children can benefit so much.

Children need to learn all kinds of words to be able to communicate, and verbs are necessary to help them to begin to build their first short sentences.

Board games are a really great way to take time away from electronic devices, have a break from homework or to play on a rainy day.

There are a lot of discussions on whether children should be given responsibilities at home. Some believe it helps and teaches them a lot of skills and others believe children should learn through play without any responsibilities or demands.

At CDC, occupational therapists often recommend weighted items for children. Weighted items have many benefits.

A visual schedule is a series of pictures showing a number of activities or tasks to be completed or have been completed for the day or the week, or step-by-step guidelines for an activity.

Routines and resistance to change are common among children with autism spectrum disorder. When routines are broken, children may feel uneasy and respond in a variety of ways, for example tantrums, resistance or aggressive behaviours.

Gross-motor skills are those that enable us to move around our environment and engage in games and sport. Gross-motor skills are the basis from which children develop other skills such as fine-motor skills and self-help skills.

Antecedent-based interventions are a collection of proactive strategies that change the environment or the settings that have shown to trigger certain behaviours.

More Than Words – The Hanen Programme® is a family-focused, social-pragmatic intervention programme for young children with ASD. It is aimed to empower parents to become the primary facilitator of their child’s communication and language development.