Asperberger's Syndrome or other Autism

I am a support worker at a respite house and alot of the people i support have various forms of autism, as thier are so many different variations its impossible to know what would work for your son without knowing a little more about him and his particular mannerisms, is he verbal or non verbal? i would love to help out in anyway i can, feel free to add me and pm if you want to chat some more =)

it is important that parents be involved in interventions to improve communication in order to ensure that the communication and language goals and strategies most important to the family are incorporated in the intervention and to help the family incorporate the communication intervention strategies into the daily routines of the child and family it may be useful to train parents in procedures that explicitly prompt and reinforce the child's attempts at appropriate verbalization in the daily environment.

My niece also has Asperger's. Some of the behavioral techniques that helped her were making a large calendar for the month with all of her activities listed with the times they would happen. It would also list when school assignments were due. This was very helpful because, as most kids with Aspergers, she would often lose track of time. When she was diagnosed, in middle school, she was assigned a counselor to keep in touch with her teachers and explain Aspergers to them. They would tailor assignments for her. For example, she would get projects to do instead of worksheets, which were very hard for her to do. She also was given a laptop computer to help her get organized. At home, my sister arranged a quiet area in the house for her to do homework, and made sure everything she needed was there. Since my niece was hypersensitive to noise, this made it easier for her to concentrate. For social occasions, like big family holidays, my sister would let her go off by herself when she wanted to, so she wouldn't be overwhelmed. These occasions could be a sensory overload for her, so if she came, she had the option of being alone or leaving early. My sister and her husband never portrayed having Asperger's as a negative thing---it was just like some kids have blonde hair and some kids have brown. Because of this, my niece is confident and sees herself as being special in a positive way.