On April 2, the Jinyun client was released
He used music to heal children from the stars
Reported on Zhou Pengcheng, a teacher at the Beichen District Special Education School
Stories of helping children with autism
"Hello students, come and enjoy a piece of music with Teacher Zhou today, guess what kind of instrument this is?" Different from ordinary primary school teachers recording online lessons with fluent language and clear focus, Zhou Pengcheng, as a teacher at the Special Education School in Beichen District, Tianjin, faced this group of "children from the stars" - children with autism, he spoke slowly and softly, sometimes slightly raising his tone, using a more exaggerated tone to attract children's attention.
In 2022, on the occasion of the 15th "World Autism Awareness Day", Zhou Pengcheng opened the road of online classes, "The suspension of classes has brought us certain difficulties, when teaching one-on-one, I must look into the eyes of autistic students and read the meaning behind their eyes." This also requires Zhou Pengcheng to increase more interaction in online classes and pay attention to student feedback.
"In the eyes of most people, children with autism just shut themselves off, but they don't." Zhou Pengcheng said that children with autism have social communication barriers and language communication barriers, "they just don't know how to communicate correctly." ”
In 2010, zhou Pengcheng graduated from Nanjing Special Education Normal College and became a music rehabilitation teacher at the Beichen District Special Education School, "In the face of autistic children, what we have to do is to abandon textbooks and implement individualized education." Zhou Pengcheng recalled that when he first entered the workplace, he always thought that students were controllable, but the reality was that he would contact children with different personalities every day, "Individual differences are very large, and the symptoms and conditions of each child are different." "Some children are emotionally unstable, weak in self-control, and hurtful behavior, although they are fully prepared, they are not allowed to "surprise" students in the classroom, and sometimes when they are in class, screaming, crying and other behaviors come out. "So how you teach it is important." Zhou Pengcheng began to use music to lead this group of children out of the "lonely world".
As the first autism music rehabilitation research base in China, Tianjin Beichen District Special Education School took the lead in opening music therapy courses for children with autism in young age groups. "When language becomes a social barrier, music as a medium allows students to develop interest and empathy for the purpose of exercise." Zhou Pengcheng said that when the "Music Cube Classroom" was first established, it was hoped that students would be free from the fatigue of attending classes in the classroom and exercise students to communicate socially, "so that they can feel the power of music in an immersive way, and at the same time enhance their ability to express feelings and language and explore." ”
Autism is often accompanied by interpersonal barriers, "they ignore people, don't play with other people, and don't build partnerships with other children." He still remembers a personal training session with student Xiao Hao (pseudonym) before entering school, "When we first class, the students spent half the time shouting 'Mom don't go', and they still held a bottle in their hands because of insecurity." Zhou Pengcheng was not in a hurry, and played with the bubble machine himself, "After a while, he was attracted to it, although he did not speak, but he clearly showed the desire to explore." ”
"60% of children with autism do not express themselves in words or with actions, but only express their needs in a very primitive way such as crying and pulling people." In Zhou Pengcheng's view, if you want to educate an autistic child, it is not enough to solve some emotional problems, "We ultimately hope that he can sit in his seat in a class, even if he wants to make a mistake, he can read what causes it and how to appease him." "Many parents don't expect to learn anything when they send their children to special schools, but every time they see their children come home, they make some small progress, such as wiping the table, moving the chair, and even listening to other people's instructions and following the instructions." "While these bring great happiness to parents, their professional happiness is also improving."
In 2016, Tianjin Beichen District set up a special needs service guidance center to serve children with special needs such as autism, developmental delay, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other special needs to enter ordinary schools for integrated education, and Zhou Pengcheng had one more identity - the head of the assessment and rehabilitation department of the special needs center. "In recent years, the state has paid more and more attention to the integrated education of children with disabilities, and for parents, the biggest wish is to put their children on a normal life trajectory." Here, in addition to the scientific assessment of each child and the development of personalized rehabilitation programs, Zhou Pengcheng also introduced music therapy into the rehabilitation training of preschool autistic children, exercising their language, social and physical coordination, helping them slowly reach the level of sound students, and playing a role in "crutch".
Autistic families are most concerned about how to integrate children into society, one day not around children, they hope that children can get more acceptance, tolerance, and the attention and help of the whole society. "In addition to better intervention for children with autism, we also provide help to parents, teach scientific guidance methods, and teach parents to benefit children." He said.
In these years, some children can normally attend primary school at the time of enrollment through pre-school intervention, and their academic performance is at the upper level in the class; some students are gradually able to accept others through the communication between classmates in the class; some students are even successfully admitted to junior college after graduating from higher vocational education, starting a new school life, and some have successfully embarked on the road of employment. "This year, through integrated education, 15 people entered ordinary kindergartens in the preschool stage, including 10 children with autism; 109 people enrolled in the compulsory education stage, including 25 children with autism; 50 people successfully entered vocational high schools, including 5 autistic patients." In Zhou Pengcheng's view, integration is a trend, an expectation, in order to better exercise special needs students and integrate into society more fully and equally.
According to the "China Autism Education and Rehabilitation Industry Development Status Report 3" data, the incidence of autism has increased year by year, the report said that the incidence of autism in China reached 0.7%, there are currently about 10 million people with autism spectrum disorders, of which there are about 2 million children under the age of 12. "Children with autism are a special group, but they have a very simple inner world." Zhou Pengcheng said that he hopes that the whole society will have more tolerance and understanding for autistic children, and help them get out of loneliness and integrate into the collective. Even just a smile can make every child "shine".
Source: Jinyun Client
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