Learning Styles and Autism Vou Akinsehinwa November 2017 Learning styles is a concept that describes the methods or styles by which people learn or gain an education or information about things around them. A child’s learning style affects how well Read More …
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Comorbidities of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Comorbidities of Autism Spectrum Disorder Rose Akinsehinwa September 2017 Research and data have established that most individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) suffer from some form of medical health problems . Some of these comorbid health issues include Read More …
Ways To Enhance Memory in Children with ASD
Ways to enhance memory in children with ASD Rose Akinsehinwa June 2017 Academic success can be achieved when a good memory is in play. For children on the spectrum and even for regular children, working towards building a strong memory Read More …
Diet As An Intervention for ASD
With Science establishing a link between irritating activity in the small intestine, which makes it more permeable and “leaky,” allowing foreign proteins into the bloodstream, this leaky gut causes either direct poisoning of the nervous system (the proteins essentially act Read More …
Self Injurious Behaviour (SIB) in ASD
Self-Injurious Behaviour in ASD Rose Akinsehinwa November 2016 Self-Injurious Behavior (SIB) is one of the behavioral issues associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder and some of the most common forms are head-banging, hand biting, self-hitting with fists, excessive skin picking or Read More …
Calming Sensory Overload
Calming Sensory Overload in Children with Autism Rose Akinsehinwa October 2016 Children living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) tend to experience sensory overload or react adversely to sensory input than typical children. Each child is very different in terms of Read More …
Improving Communication in ASD
Improving communication in Children with ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder comes with its challenges one of which is communication impairment in children suffering from the disorder. Children with ASD may have difficulty developing language skills (talking) and understanding what others say Read More …
Creating Structure for Children with Autism
Creating Structure for children with Autism Uche Godswill Iwuanyanwu Whether you have a stereotyped pattern of doing things or you practice a flexible and adventurous approach to life, if you have a child with autism, you’ll likely find yourself adapting Read More …
Evaluating Successful Outcomes in the Autism Intervention Journey
The autism intervention journey – Evaluating successful outcomes Rose Akinsehinwa – March 2016 The Autism journey, a journey of hope can be a very slow, sometimes stressful one. But recording some form of progress and seeing positive changes in a Read More …
Early Intervention for Effective Outcomes
Early Intervention for Effective Outcomes By Rose Akinsehinwa Research has shown that children with Autism who got early intervention made faster and remarkable progress than those who did not. Early intervention is important – so when children at about ages Read More …