Course curriculum

  • 1

    How to successfully teaching your autistic child

    • Understanding the teaching stages

    • Understanding different teaching skills

    • Definitions

    • Helping your child work independently - Fade out prompts

    • Example of this doing a matching task

    • How to structure naturalistic teaching with your child

    • How to teach your child to ensure they retain the skills

    • Step One: Teach in isolation

    • Step Two: Test with unknown distractor

    • Step Three: Test with known distractors

    • Step Four: Test in Random Rotation with Known Items

    • Step Five: Re-test With Another Tutor/Parent on Another Day

    • Let's watch the video again

  • 2

    Imitation

    • Why do we need to imitate?

    • How to teach imitation

    • How to Do It

    • Don't rush work on one action at a time

    • Top Tips

    • How to assist your child while learning imitation

    • Imitation without Objects - Fine Motor and Gross Motor Skills

    • Imitation with Objects

  • 3

    Matching

    • Why teach matching?

    • Types of matching skills your child will need to learn

    • How to Teach Matching

    • Video tutorial on how to teach matching

    • What Else Can We Help With?

  • 4

    Self-help skills

    • Video tutorial - putting on velcro shoes

  • 5

    BONUS COURSE - Eating

    • Why could your autistic child not be eating?

    • Five Steps for encouraging your child to eat

    • Create a Food Log

    • Analyse the Food Log

    • Hierarchy of Food

    • Slow and Small - Start

    • Slow and Small - Tolerate

    • Slow and Small - Touch

    • Slow and Small - Taste

    • Assess if it is Working