How Can autism be productive?

10 Tips to Help You Stay Focused: For Students with Autism and Learning Differences

1. Eat something. To stay focused you need to avoid feeling those hunger pangs that may distract you from the task at hand.
2. Unplug.
3. Have a Mantra.
4. Use Timers.
5. Stress Ball or Playdough.
6. Seeing is Believing.
7. Get Inspired.
8. What to Do?

How do you contribute towards the learning of an individual with an autistic spectrum condition?

Adjustments that may help autistic learners in an educational setting include:

1. Clear unambiguous instructions.
2. Limited amounts of text.
3. Graphics including photos and diagrams.
4. Use of videos.
5. Graphical planning tools such as mind maps.
6. Text-to-speech.
7. Consistency of approach, message and organisation.

How can you improve the focus and concentration of autism?

How to get started:

1. Pay close attention to your child’s behavior.
2. Praise your child when you see them focusing on something.
3. Make sure your feedback is positive, easy to understand and specific.

How do you help an autistic person focus?

Use a phone or tablet to help keep focus!

1. Using alarm notifications when a task should start.
2. Keep reminding to complete the task.
3. Provide a countdown timer to help complete the task in time.
4. Use speech to attract and keep focus on a task.
5. Let the child or adult check off completed tasks, thus keeping overview.

How can we help children with autism spectrum disorders?

Communication and interaction tips for ASD

1. Be patient.
2. Teach the child how to express anger without being too aggressive.
3. Be persistent but resilient.
4. Always stay positive.
5. Ignore irritating attention-getting behavior.
6. Interact through physical activity.
7. Be affectionate and respectful.
8. Show your love and interest.

What are some of the issues and challenges of adults with autism spectrum disorder?

Common Challenges

• social phobia.
• excessive worry/rumination.
• obsessive compulsive behaviour.
• hyper-vigilance, or seeming “shell shocked”
• phobias.
• avoidance behaviours.
• rigid routines and resistance to change.
• stimming and/or self-injurious behaviour.

How do you help someone with a learning disability to learn better?

Tips for dealing with your child’s learning disability

1. Keep things in perspective. A learning disability isn’t insurmountable.
2. Become your own expert.
3. Be an advocate for your child.
4. Remember that your influence outweighs all others.
5. Clarify your goals.
6. Be a good listener.
7. Offer new solutions.
8. Keep the focus.

How do you help a learner with learning disabilities?

Make learning participative. Encourage peer learning. Break tasks down into smaller steps that will incrementally build into the task objective. Use learners’ own words, language, materials and personal context – be clear about activity purpose and how it relates to the skills needs of the learner.