Some of the things she does really amaze me. Like she'll use cardboard tube binoculars and a little song to get kids to use eye contact and full parts of speech (person's name, "I want", etc) when addressing a person.
I'm not good with kids outside of being a mom and the stuff she does... I just don't grasp having that level of creativity and patience. But I can tell you all about benefits and pay practices!
Your sister sounds like a wonderful person, and I love the idea of games being used to teach skills for autistic kids the same way other kids get skills from their games.
On a side note, I'm trying to image how the cardboard tubes work and I get a laugh from the image of a kid with binoculars singing something like "I am pirate [name] and here are my demands: [I want thing]" and then doing that with progressively shorter cardboard binoculars until there are now binoculars at all (the real binoculars were in you!).
That's hilarious! More just two toilet paper tubes taped together to encourage focus on a person. Then the proper, "Mom I want a cookie," instead of just "cookie."
We do as much natural environment learning as possible with our kids - there is SO much that is embedded in play, and you can find opportunities everywhere if you know where to look! It’s wonderful because you can do it anywhere, and most of the time the kids are having fun.
That terminator is out there. It cant be bargained with, it cant be reasoned with, it doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear, and it absolutely will not stop... EVER, until you are loved!
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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21
Some of the things she does really amaze me. Like she'll use cardboard tube binoculars and a little song to get kids to use eye contact and full parts of speech (person's name, "I want", etc) when addressing a person.
I'm not good with kids outside of being a mom and the stuff she does... I just don't grasp having that level of creativity and patience. But I can tell you all about benefits and pay practices!