Question to anyone and everyone: tips to help pre k children with ASD?
What tips would you give a new pre k teacher to help them handle challenging scenarios with children with ASD? I wasnāt given any training specific to this. I want to help these children in productive ways that also keep them feeling safe.
For instance, a child who dreads washing their hands (but we arenāt allowed to provide wet wipes or hand sanitizer.) What do? Iāll usually wash my hands with them and talk to them the whole time and explain everything. āIām going to give you soap now, I know you donāt like it, but it will get rid of the germs. When you go potty, you get germs on your hands that can make you sick. I donāt want you to get sick because I care about you.ā They will cry the whole time, but go through the motions. Should I change any of this?
If youāre a teacher or a person with ASD Iād appreciate any tips, relevant experiences, etc.