All About Autism

[sharonkhoo]

Snow24:

Hi

How do you or what did you do to train your child to independently do his routines at bedtime,get ready for school etc.

Make a list, with pix if necessary. Teach each step and practise it daily until he gets it. Add a new step gradually as he masters it. Repeat the routine with the child daily, step by step, in the same order every day. Do it until he gets it (and it could take months!) and it becomes a habit. Don't be surprised if he forgets parts and needs retraining every now and again.

[kay_liz]

Hi Woon_D and Aceress,


Thank you for your replies. Yes the EIPIC centre which we initially selected was from SGenables. I don't have baby bonus to use because she has been in the childcare for more than a year, and it has long been used up. Anyway, I have managed to find a private early intervention learning centre for my child and it is near to my place. We now bring her for her lessons twice a week. Per session is 2 hours and I am seeing slow but definite progress in my child after about a month. At least she is able to write 1 or 2 alphabets and recognize a couple of them.

[Snow24]

Hi


What are the things that can be done to improve child’s writing stamina to be able to complete the worksheet within stipulated class time.

[Snow24]

Hi


What are the things that can be done to improve child’s writing stamina to be able to complete the worksheet within stipulated class time.

[Snow24]

Hi


What are the things that can be done to improve child’s writing stamina to be able to complete the worksheet within stipulated class time.

[zac's mum]

Snow24:

Hi


What are the things that can be done to improve child's writing stamina to be able to complete the worksheet within stipulated class time.

Is it a fine motor skill issue? Playing with Playdough and small Lego pieces may help develop that. There are also special triangle-shaped pencils which aid the child’s grasp and grip while writing. The typical round pencils aren’t easy for young kids to hold. Alternatively, some kids prefer using mechanical pencils because there is less friction on the paper, so less tiring. But be careful they can get distracting for those boys who fidget a lot. Click click click, check the lead etc and forget about their work.

[mashy]

Snow24:

Hi


What are the things that can be done to improve child's writing stamina to be able to complete the worksheet within stipulated class time.

Practise practise practise. Mine still hates writing and finds it a chore but he managed to complete 3 full pages of compo writing for psle. I’ve tried all the kneading exercises before. I think it helps to a certain extent after which it just plateaud. His handwriting got from okay legible in P1 to illegible in P6. I always thought handwriting gets better as we grow. His went the opposite direction. I guess when he needs speed and length, the legibility suffers.

[tyeogh]

zac's mum:

Snow24:

Hi


What are the things that can be done to improve child's writing stamina to be able to complete the worksheet within stipulated class time.

Is it a fine motor skill issue? Playing with Playdough and small Lego pieces may help develop that. There are also special triangle-shaped pencils which aid the child’s grasp and grip while writing. The typical round pencils aren’t easy for young kids to hold. Alternatively, some kids prefer using mechanical pencils because there is less friction on the paper, so less tiring. But be careful they can get distracting for those boys who fidget a lot. Click click click, check the lead etc and forget about their work.

Agree. Seems like a Fine motor skill issue. My ds experienced a similiar problem. He has no strength in his fingers to hold and move the pencil. So he hated writing. I got him small Lego pieces to play. Those tiny pieces kind. Not the big blocks kind. The tiny pieces forces the child to use his fingers to snap them into place whereas the big blocks allows him to use his palm - he can't exercise his fingers then! After twiddling with the small Lego pieces for a few months, ds finger muscles grew strong enough for him to write / draw. Then I got him those triangular shaped pencils. You can find them in Popular. Blue colour. The pencil is easier to grip. He is now happily drawing things. He writes pretty fast too. The whole process took a while though. Half a year to 1 year plus. And you got to get him interested in playing with the small Lego pieces.....that itself is another challenge....

[sharonkhoo]

tyeogh:

zac's mum:

[quote=\"Snow24\"]Hi


What are the things that can be done to improve child's writing stamina to be able to complete the worksheet within stipulated class time.

Is it a fine motor skill issue? Playing with Playdough and small Lego pieces may help develop that. There are also special triangle-shaped pencils which aid the child’s grasp and grip while writing. The typical round pencils aren’t easy for young kids to hold. Alternatively, some kids prefer using mechanical pencils because there is less friction on the paper, so less tiring. But be careful they can get distracting for those boys who fidget a lot. Click click click, check the lead etc and forget about their work.

Agree. Seems like a Fine motor skill issue. My ds experienced a similiar problem. He has no strength in his fingers to hold and move the pencil. So he hated writing. I got him small Lego pieces to play. Those tiny pieces kind. Not the big blocks kind. The tiny pieces forces the child to use his fingers to snap them into place whereas the big blocks allows him to use his palm - he can't exercise his fingers then! After twiddling with the small Lego pieces for a few months, ds finger muscles grew strong enough for him to write / draw. Then I got him those triangular shaped pencils. You can find them in Popular. Blue colour. The pencil is easier to grip. He is now happily drawing things. He writes pretty fast too. The whole process took a while though. Half a year to 1 year plus. And you got to get him interested in playing with the small Lego pieces.....that itself is another challenge.... [/quote]My daughter didn't write very legibly until she was in P3! Yes, give him small Lego pieces, playdough (but my daughter had sensory issues and didn't like the texture), clothes pegs, jigsaws - things that force him to use fingers. It will take time and perseverence, and although my daughter's writing was eventually legible, it was always untidy and rather unformed. I really pitied her teachers! But she made it through A levels (Arts - plenty of essays), so just keep working at it. Along the way, I just kept explaining her condition to teachers, and turned a deaf ear to the most naggy ones. And once they get to university and working life, they use PCs.

[Snow24]

Hi


My toddler is sensitive to noise and light.When he go bedtime he need someone to company him to sleep.If company him he not yet fallen asleep.He will come and look for you.How do we get him to sleep by himself independently.