This teaching material is designed to teach children to sustain attention through activities, and generalize concepts related to zoo animals and surroundings. Send us an email at apsparks@autismpartnershiphk.comto get the teaching materials Teaching objectives: Helps develop fundamental Learning How to Learn skill. Increases duration of attending to environmental stimuli. Helps increase […]
Having your child to complete routines with little or no help creates independence for the child, increases his/her awareness to his environment and increases his attention in accomplishes a given task. However, a routine can often be disrupted when the child loses his/her attention or being distracted by the environment, resulting in parents having to […]
Child development is an ongoing process with certain sequences. In general, when children reach a certain age and stage, they will have the corresponding changes in their physical, cognitive, language, behavior and social abilities. By the age of 2, your baby will be able to perform these skills: Social and Emotional Language / Communication Cognitive […]
How to support children to respond truthfully, or accurately, to us? [ Recap Part 1 ] Children lie to avoid punishment or responsibility, seeking attention from others, or to protect another person. Often, these behaviours happen after children find themselves in a conflicted situation or after they misbehave. While some lies can be simple (such […]
Parent’s Question: My child is now eight years old and studying in Primary 2 in a mainstream school. He can speak, but his social skills and comprehension skills are not very good. I think he’s been sort of lying. For example, he had a PE class in school, but when I ask him if he […]
Lack of initiation to communicate is a core issue in individuals with ASD with various levels of language ability and various functioning levels. Although some autistic children have age-appropriate language skills, it’s typical for them to talk to others only when they need to fulfil own needs like requesting items and asking for help, rather […]
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Some researchers suggested that deficits in social communication and interaction found in individuals with ASD could be explained by impaired Theory of Mind (ToM) development (Broekhof et al., 2015). According to Premack and Woodruff (1978), ToM is the ability to understand mental states, for instance desires, beliefs, intentions to oneself and to others, and the […]
AP holds the belief that with quality ABA treatment using the Autism Partnership Method (APM), individuals with autism can reach their fullest potential and achieve the greatest degree of independence and highest quality of life possible.
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