autism

For those children who get stuck on a topic it is their care givers job to redirect. While you can take the opportunity to engage in conversation, when it gets to the point where you have beat the subject to death but your kid still wants to talk about their chosen topic for the next three hours it is time to “change the subject”. As with any child, a warning that you will be stopping their preferred activity can be useful to help them transition to a new topic. “In five minutes we will change the subject to…” Most of our kids are very visual so you can use a clock. Timers with alarms do not work well for kids who are sound sensitive, but those sand timers can be useful.

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