Supporting an autistic child in primary school

NAS71923 over 4 years ago

I have supported children with autism in a mainstream primary school for many years but am struggling to help the child I have recently been working with. The child screams when she doesn't get what she wants and the teacher has told me that if I just leave her, she will eventually stop. The screaming goes on for a long time and I want to do something to help but she just screams for what she wants and the strategies I have previously used do not work. Obviously I don't want to just give her what she wants every time she screams. Can anyone give me any ideas I could try? She is a lovely little girl, I'd really love to help her. She is 6 years old.

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Deleted User over 4 years ago

Hi NAS71923,

You might want to have a look at the NAS advice pages here on the site - https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance - like the 'strategies and interventions' page, which has recommendations and guidelines developed by a team of health and social care professionals, autistic people and their families/carers, and technical experts, to help with communication and education. Depending on the specific circumstances you might also want to look at the behaviour, education, and sensory differences sections as well. If you want to speak to someone directly, our NAS helpline can be found here - https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/help-and-support/helpline

Best wishes,
Ross - mod
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Deleted User over 4 years ago

Hi NAS71923,

You might want to have a look at the NAS advice pages here on the site - https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance - like the 'strategies and interventions' page, which has recommendations and guidelines developed by a team of health and social care professionals, autistic people and their families/carers, and technical experts, to help with communication and education. Depending on the specific circumstances you might also want to look at the behaviour, education, and sensory differences sections as well. If you want to speak to someone directly, our NAS helpline can be found here - https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/help-and-support/helpline

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