Educating Your Child's Teachers About High-Functioning Autism {Aspergers}
Educators can be great allies in keeping your youngster with Aspergers (AS) or High-Functioning Autism safe and successful in school, but you'll need to make sure they have all the knowledge they need to help. Use the suggestions below to create an information packet to bring educators up to speed... The Five Main Things Educators Need to Know— 1. If there will be any sort of change in my youngster's classroom or routine, please notify me as far in advance as possible so that we can all work together in preparing her for it. 2. My youngster is an individual, not a diagnosis; please be alert and receptive to the things that make her unique and special. 3. My youngster needs structure and routine in order to function. Please try to keep his world as predictable as possible. 4. My youngster's difficulty with social cues, nonverbal communication, figurative language and eye contact are part of his neurological makeup -- he is not being deliberately rude