Necessary! The MUM of a master's degree in psychology did this, and the 9-year-old autistic son easily learned to make a winter vacation plan .

Come, first look at a 9-year-old autistic child Zixia's self-made winter vacation plan:

Whether it is the timing or content planning, it is clear and makes people have to be convinced.

How did he do it? Zixia's mother shared it——

Winter vacation program for autistic children

Wen Shu Zi Xia's mother

Master of Education in Psychology

He has taught at a high school

He is currently an elementary school science teacher and psychological counselor

Why plan

Children with autism have three typical traits: social disturbances, narrow interests, and stereotyped behavior.

Therefore, in life, they are often immersed in their own world, repeating single interests, lacking playmates, and even some bad self-stimulation behaviors in boredom. Therefore, it is especially important to let autistic children "have something to do".

During the winter vacation, rehabilitation institutions and schools have been closed, and if children who are "idle" at home cannot be "busy", the skills they have learned before may be reversed, and making a plan can enrich their children's lives.

How to plan

Winter vacation plans are part of home interventions and need to be tailored to the child's ability level, interests, and actual conditions. The specific steps are as follows:

First, assess your child's abilities.

The planned project must be within the child's ability, or a slightly higher-level target activity. In this way, the child's confidence can be guaranteed and at the same time, the improvement of his ability level can be promoted.

In the case of Zixia, he is still good at ability, so when I make winter vacation plans, I will discuss with him and then complete it together.

We first searched for some reference templates on the Internet, and in the process, I taught him some ways to check information on the Internet. In the past two years, his ability to use mobile phones and computer games has "improved by leaps and bounds", and I want to use this process to let him understand that computers and mobile phones are also good helpers for learning.

Second, design exclusive sections.

Combined with the characteristics of Zixia's usual study and life, I divided the plan into four major sections: reading, sports, entertainment and labor, and listed three or four specific items in each section, including:

Skills he already has, such as jumping rope, sweeping, mopping;

Take advantage of new skills for holiday breakthroughs, such as cooking rice with a rice cooker;

Prepare to focus on enhanced abilities, such as reading.

Third, add a schedule.

According to the schedule planning, combined with the winter vacation homework, we designed the schedule together, and reflected the things that needed to be done in the schedule.

Finally, draw the schedule together.

After having a preliminary idea, Zixia and I decided to make a paper version of the schedule together.

The color of the background cardboard was chosen by Zi Xia; I made a draft of the overall large frame, and then Zi Xia wrote and painted, which was his specialty; for the more delicate and demanding cut-and-paste parts, I gave him a little assistance.

I recorded the process in a small video, and when the final product came out, both mother and son were full of a sense of accomplishment. Zixia not only pasted the schedule on the small blackboard at home, but also watched the video repeatedly.

Surprise harvest in the execution plan

Ideal full, realistic bone, because life is full of variables, so the smooth implementation of the plan is difficult. I'm not a perfectionist, so the goal of mental acceptance of the degree of completion of the plan is sixty percent, and exceeding is a surprise.

However, in the process of implementing the plan, I received another big surprise: a re-awareness of the stereotyped behavior of autistic children.

Many parents have been or are deeply troubled by the stereotypical behavior of autistic children, and I am no exception. Zixia had to eat a pork floshi bread every Saturday night before painting class, and even the sauce smeared could not change. Once, the boss's family was temporarily closed and could not buy meat muffins, and Zixia immediately collapsed to sit on the ground and cry. He is more than nine years old, but he will still be broken because of habits, and his emotions will explode in an instant and he cannot control himself.

But in the process of executing the plan, I accidentally found that autistic children hide a strong internal drive behind stereotyped behavior. Once the plan is clear, many genealogy children will consciously abide by it, will not be lazy, and will not play slippery or opportunistic. Therefore, stereotypical behavior, if used properly, can become a powerful booster for children's learning and progress.

Therefore, the winter vacation plan not only made Zixia have an internal driving force and enriched my life, but also made me feel a lot easier.

Now, Zixia has begun a pleasant winter vacation life, and every day he will arrange his study life according to the schedule: write homework outside the language, go downstairs to play, and make lunch with his grandmother when he is interested... In addition, he also learned to open his own computer and use online course resources to preview the content of the next semester.

Supervisor's message

Fan Qingwei

Senior supervisor of rice and millet

20 years of experience in parent training and home interventions

This mom did a great job, taking advantage of the characteristics of the pedigree child, finding his internal drive and turning the shortcomings into advantages.

Autistic children are accustomed to following established rules and visual cues, and making a visual schedule together with mothers and children can help children develop good work and rest habits, so that every day of the child's vacation is meaningful and rewarding!

In addition, in the behavioral treatment of problems in children with autism, there is a very important strategy: enriching the after-school life, which mothers have done very well. Keeping children busy and doing things will stimulate more and more appropriate behaviors and reduce problem behaviors.

For parents to mention that the child may be too stereotypical concerns, it is suggested that the order of tasks in the daily process can be adjusted from time to time, and at the same time, it is possible to inform in advance visually, which will help the child to accept the change.

In addition, for children who are not good enough to make or understand the schedule, it is recommended that parents do two things first: one is to assign clear tasks to the child; the other is to let the child start from the task they like, and then gradually switch to others.

Finally, the daily task process is of great help to the genealogy children during the holidays, so let's take action as much as possible.

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Editor| Summer When the editor-in-chief | Qin Yu