{"id":1125,"date":"2020-04-22T21:18:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T21:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/whinhillprimaryschool\/?page_id=1125"},"modified":"2025-01-31T09:36:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T09:36:22","slug":"autism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/whinhillprimaryschool\/our-learning-journey\/support-for-learning\/autism\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">What is Autism?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Autism is a lifelong neuro-developmental difference. This\u00a0means\u00a0it is a condition that affects the development of the brain. Autism affects the way a person communicates and interacts with others, how information is processed and how the person makes sense of the world.\u00a0 Autism is a medical diagnosis and as such referral is made via your GP.<\/p>\n<p>Autism is however not one size fits all.\u00a0 It presents in individuals in many different ways, and can be triggered by a wide variety of experiences.\u00a0 Autism is a spectrum condition.\u00a0 All autistic individuals share certain difficulties, but being autistic will affect them in different ways and need different levels of support. All children on the autism spectrum\u00a0learn and develop. This being said, children on the Autistic Spectrum tend to share many characteristics and as such the strategies that we use in Whinhill classrooms are relevant to many and indeed support all children as they develop.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Classroom Strategies\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The most successful support derives from knowing individual children, their triggers and their supports.\u00a0 These include but are not restricted to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Building a relationship and listening to children and how they express their needs.<\/li>\n<li>Being conscious of the language we use \u2013 some children can be very literal and do not understand inference or idioms. 5 more minutes should really mean 5 more minutes otherwise it could have a negative impact.<\/li>\n<li>Incorporates children\u2019s interests into learning wherever possible to encourage engagement.<\/li>\n<li>Consider the environment, temperature, draughty, lighting, noise levels, ease of seeing the board, discreet access to the teacher.<\/li>\n<li>Being inclusive<\/li>\n<li>Being informed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Other Strategies\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are other areas in which pupils could benefit from adult support.<\/p>\n<p><u>Routines<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Routine gives an element of control. Children like the usual routine of school; times, sharing of a daily plan and regular breaks.\u00a0 To have some form of routine is usually helpful and it would be more meaningful if the child is involved in the setting of this.<\/p>\n<p><u>Maintaining Good Sleep\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p>It is also helpful to try to maintain bedtime routines and good sleep hygiene techniques.\u00a0Sleep is so important to mental state, and the following are suggestions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engaging in some form of exercise if possible in the day.<\/li>\n<li>Only using the bed for sleep at night time (not sitting on it on iPads during the day, for example).<\/li>\n<li>No screens an hour before bed, read a book or play a board game instead.<\/li>\n<li>Establishing and maintaining a bed time routine so the body learns the next thing in the routine is sleep.<\/li>\n<li>Go to bed at the same time every day and get up at the same time every day, whether a week day or weekend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autism.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Autistic Society<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autismtoolbox.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Autism Toolbox<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Autism?\u00a0\u00a0 Autism is a lifelong neuro-developmental difference. 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Autism affects the way a person communicates and interacts with others, how information is processed and how the person makes sense of the world.\u00a0 Autism is a medical diagnosis and as such referral is made &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/whinhillprimaryschool\/our-learning-journey\/support-for-learning\/autism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Autism<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":686,"featured_media":0,"parent":415,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/whinhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/whinhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/whinhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/whinhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/whinhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1125"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/whinhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2748,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/whinhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1125\/revisions\/2748"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/whinhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/whinhillprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}