Helpful Tips to Make School Easier for Children on the Autism Spectrum [Episode 135]
Let’s talk about school. Children on the autism spectrum can have a hard time sitting still, staying calm, and focusing. As with anything else, there are different needs for each child. How To Improve Attention Learning should have emotion involved. We are often driven to learning by a need of some kind. For parents there is no greater need than to help their child. Studying takes time and energy. For children with autism there is often a shorter attention span so we have to make the most of every minute. So how do we go about learning and retaining? Retaining is the key... The Pomodoro Technique The brain gets bored if a task is done too long. When this happens it stops retaining. The pomodoro technique is known to increase focus, retention, consistency and quality of time spent. Quality is essential to help retain and utilize the information... How Pomodoro Works? Decide on the task, and a time period to do it in, and explain it to your child. Start your timer on your phone or on a Time Timer or wherever. Make this the time for focusing on work for the next 25, or so, minutes. Stop once the alarm goes off. Take a 5 minute break. Resume working for another 25 (or so) minutes and then take a break for another 5 minutes. After 3 or 4 cycles, take a 20-minute break... Click Here or Click the link below for more details! https://naturallyrecoveringautism.com/135