Check out the following 6 simple and effective tips for teaching Autistic persons:

1) Research and learn about autism as a disorder and adapt the various teaching techniques with which persons have had considerable success when dealing with autistic individuals to know which will work best for your situation. A bit of experimenting after the initial education session may be required to successfully teach autistic people besides a great deal of patience and dedication to the cause. Understanding routine and scheduling of regular tasks for an autistic person is very important for their teacher to achieve new ground with the learning process; an organized work environment that is conducive to the kind of learning to be imparted is essential too besides having a calm, capable attitude.

2) When teaching a person diagnosed with autism, it is very important to understand how to combine several sensory methods into an effective auditory and visual balance in the learning process as concentrating on making lesson plans around these 2 prominent senses has proved to be beneficial for teachers.

3) Try and zero in on talents and skills of the autistic student and work out a lesson plan that is build around these factors in order to bring out a customized learning program and ensure their participation and success.

4) It is important to know the traits of the autistic individual and personal eccentricities of your student in order to understand and deal with their best learning process; e.g. a certain fixation with an object such as a bird or things that fly can fascinate an autistic person and accommodating these items into the learning process will help further it, successfully.

5) Learn and adapt your teaching process in accordance with the autistic student's learning limitations i.e. give them alternative ways to learn. For an autistic person with difficulty in holding a pencil or pen to write with, suggest the option of using a typewriter or computer to develop motor skills slowly and upgrade to the regular writing instruments gradually. Those with reading issues can benefit from tuning in to CDs or tapes or have someone read-aloud to them to make it interesting and reduce the strain on the autistic student.

6) Lastly, combining a variety of tasks that the autistic child finds pleasurable or interesting along with regular lessons can benefit the child in holding him or her engrossed long enough to facilitate learning, such as water-play combined with lesson plan that works for some individuals diagnosed with autism

Try today - and be a better teacher for autistic individuals!