Social Stories for the Holidays

In our last blog post we talked about using a visual schedule to prepare your child for the holidays. Sometimes you need to go into detail when it comes to preparing your child for a new experience. Social Stories come in handy for times like this. You can easily make your own according to what your holiday plans are like with your child. At 6:57 minutes of this video, you can learn how to make a social story. We have done a few examples here for you! 

A Social Story about Holidays. 

A Social Story about Sitting in an Airplane. 

It would be good to prepare a social story for each new activity planned before the holidays begin. This is so that you'll have your social stories ready when the time comes. Remember to include every step of the activity in the story with relevant pictures to describe each. Social Stories are always personalized, so the child is always the main character in the story. Read the story with your child before doing the activity. This gives your child time to register a new activity and prepare himself/ herself mentally for the task ahead. 

We also talked about the use of a visual calendar in the previous blog post. Another way you can use this is by preparing your child for the coming new year of school. When it is nearing the end of the holidays, it would be a good idea to count down the days till school starts with your child. This helps them anticipate an exciting new year ahead as well as to have a better sense of time. 

Do give us a call at 03-2094 0421 if you have any questions on preparing your child for the holidays. Have a great time with your children over the holidays! 

Interactive Play Ideas

This month's How To video covers a simple yet effective topic. The idea of interactive play is to build social skills in your child while having fun. Click PLAY to find out more... =) 

If you're wondering how to teach your child to play games like Hide & Seek, make sure you check out our next blogpost this week!

Getting Attention Appropriately

One of the basic skills in socializing, is knowing how to first get someone's attention. Many children with special needs do not know how to do this in a socially appropriate manner. As parents or therapists of the child, there are certain methods we can use to teach them just how this is done. This video shows you how. 

How To Set Up A Toilet Routine

In our previous post, EAP's Consultant Jessica wrote about Habitual Toilet Training. In this video, EAP's Director, Jochebed leads us through each step of how it works. 

If you have any questions regarding this topic of Toilet Training or any of our previous topics, do email us at info@autismmalaysia.com.

How To Use A Visual Schedule

In relation to our previous blog post on the use of Visual Schedules, we have provided a How To video to show just how a visual schedule looks like, and how it works. Enjoy!