Children with Autism in Child Care - Survey
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:48 pm
Hello everyone,
For My Diploma of Children’s Services, I need to post a discussion on my TAFE website. This needs to be related to Child Care, and needs to get other students talking. I need to add my reasons for choosing this topic.
The topic I choose is Children with Autism in child care.
I choose this topic as I was a Teacher’s Aide in primary schools before I started working in child care. In primary schools I saw a lack of understanding about Autism from the Teachers, and a lot of frustration from children, staff and families.
When I started working in child care, I saw the same things happening, staff who don’t really understand Autism and are unsure or don’t know what they as Teachers should be doing to assist children with Autism in child care.
I am a Teacher’s Aide, a mother of 3 children, 2 of which have Autism, so I have lived through this. I am now studying my Diploma and my youngest child is in year 3, so I have successfully lived through the child care years, but see other families and centres struggling through this issue every day.
Please if you could take the time to read through the questions below, and answer some of them, it would be greatly appreciated.
1. Do you know what Autism is?
2. Do you know the many different variations of Autism “Autism Spectrum Disorders”
3. Do you feel that your qualifications (please list) have provided you with adequate training and understanding of Autism?
4. Have you had any specific / additional training regarding Autism?
5. Have you ever used Visual Aids with children with Autism?
6. Have you ever uses Sensory Aids with children with Autism?
7. Approx. how many children with Autism have you worked with?
8. Have you ever used or developed any specific/individual programs (time tables, social stories etc…) for children with Autism?
9. Do you believe that children with Autism require additional individualised programming in child care?
10. What role should a child care centre take in regards to children with Autism?
11. Have you ever assisted families through the diagnostic process regarding their child with Autism?
12. At what age do you believe that intervention is needed regarding a possible Autism diagnosis?
13. Do you have any suggestions/comments about working with children with Autism?
Thank you very much, you’re impute is greatly appreciated.
For My Diploma of Children’s Services, I need to post a discussion on my TAFE website. This needs to be related to Child Care, and needs to get other students talking. I need to add my reasons for choosing this topic.
The topic I choose is Children with Autism in child care.
I choose this topic as I was a Teacher’s Aide in primary schools before I started working in child care. In primary schools I saw a lack of understanding about Autism from the Teachers, and a lot of frustration from children, staff and families.
When I started working in child care, I saw the same things happening, staff who don’t really understand Autism and are unsure or don’t know what they as Teachers should be doing to assist children with Autism in child care.
I am a Teacher’s Aide, a mother of 3 children, 2 of which have Autism, so I have lived through this. I am now studying my Diploma and my youngest child is in year 3, so I have successfully lived through the child care years, but see other families and centres struggling through this issue every day.
Please if you could take the time to read through the questions below, and answer some of them, it would be greatly appreciated.
1. Do you know what Autism is?
2. Do you know the many different variations of Autism “Autism Spectrum Disorders”
3. Do you feel that your qualifications (please list) have provided you with adequate training and understanding of Autism?
4. Have you had any specific / additional training regarding Autism?
5. Have you ever used Visual Aids with children with Autism?
6. Have you ever uses Sensory Aids with children with Autism?
7. Approx. how many children with Autism have you worked with?
8. Have you ever used or developed any specific/individual programs (time tables, social stories etc…) for children with Autism?
9. Do you believe that children with Autism require additional individualised programming in child care?
10. What role should a child care centre take in regards to children with Autism?
11. Have you ever assisted families through the diagnostic process regarding their child with Autism?
12. At what age do you believe that intervention is needed regarding a possible Autism diagnosis?
13. Do you have any suggestions/comments about working with children with Autism?
Thank you very much, you’re impute is greatly appreciated.
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