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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 293396" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We did eventually find that difficult child 3 was able to concentrate a lot better in a quieter, distraction-free environment. Is there a place at the school where she can go sit to do her written work? difficult child 3's place was on the classroom veranda, his desk set to face the wall (windows are distracting). It wasn't punishment or anything, it was just his personal work station. The teaches knew that to get his attention back to the class, they had to go to him and physically touch him on the shoulder.</p><p></p><p>If you're teaching her at home (even if it's just catch-up work on days when she's home from school or on weekends) then try the early reading/interactive things like Grandma & Me, Arthur, etc and there is a website that's been set up by McDonalds, they've been talking about it on TV - it's good for teachnig maths. Not sure what level. There are also great websites like Mathletics ($99 a year per student) but at her age and level, I would get a more basic (and cheap) software package to teach her maths.</p><p></p><p>There are some great computer resources that treat learning like games, you can make great progress with her.</p><p></p><p>Reading with her is great. How about getting your older kids to read to her? What worked for us was reading books with dialogue, and putting on various voices to show the different characters. That was how difficult child 3 learned to read with expression, we would act out the different characters in the books and take turns being this person or that one. Golden books work well with this - the characters are very well differentiated. And as it turned out, it was a great thing to do for an autistic kid, it added to his learning of facial expressions and the link to emotions. We also linked it to vocal expression and emotion. Without even realising it!</p><p></p><p>It's also good to give her the added attention in this way, it's healthier all round.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 293396, member: 1991"] We did eventually find that difficult child 3 was able to concentrate a lot better in a quieter, distraction-free environment. Is there a place at the school where she can go sit to do her written work? difficult child 3's place was on the classroom veranda, his desk set to face the wall (windows are distracting). It wasn't punishment or anything, it was just his personal work station. The teaches knew that to get his attention back to the class, they had to go to him and physically touch him on the shoulder. If you're teaching her at home (even if it's just catch-up work on days when she's home from school or on weekends) then try the early reading/interactive things like Grandma & Me, Arthur, etc and there is a website that's been set up by McDonalds, they've been talking about it on TV - it's good for teachnig maths. Not sure what level. There are also great websites like Mathletics ($99 a year per student) but at her age and level, I would get a more basic (and cheap) software package to teach her maths. There are some great computer resources that treat learning like games, you can make great progress with her. Reading with her is great. How about getting your older kids to read to her? What worked for us was reading books with dialogue, and putting on various voices to show the different characters. That was how difficult child 3 learned to read with expression, we would act out the different characters in the books and take turns being this person or that one. Golden books work well with this - the characters are very well differentiated. And as it turned out, it was a great thing to do for an autistic kid, it added to his learning of facial expressions and the link to emotions. We also linked it to vocal expression and emotion. Without even realising it! It's also good to give her the added attention in this way, it's healthier all round. Marg [/QUOTE]
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