My Special Journey with Advaith

A note from my heart..... Advaith was a chubby and handsome boy during his child hood. All his motor milestones were on time. He started walking by 11 months and was playing with his brother and friends. He was a happy and active child. After 1 ½ years, slowly he went into his own world, he stopped responding to name call and was obsessed with cartoons like Thomas and friends. He was showing great interest in soft toys, trains, music. He stopped waving. He was not bothered about people around him. He was not bothered even whether I was around or not. He stopped babbling. He started crying for small reasons. I still remember that one day he cried for more than two hours continuously because the power went off and the TV was not working. We realised that something was wrong with him. After a lot of confusion, he was diagnosed with autism. Once while we were staying at a hotel, he started crying for his blanket at night. He cried for a long time and gave us the car keys to...

Dear friends In this video I am showing How I am working on Functional academics!! Topic is Keeping items according to list for cooking. Prerequisites are identifying vegetables, identify words Material used : Paper, onion,chilly,garlic,tomato 4 steps!! Step by step video is attached!! Regards Smrithy and Addu Topic: Keeping items according to the list provided for cooking. prerequisites are identify vegetables,identify the words

Addu is reading and keeping things in a tray (Independently) according to the list of instructions provided!! My long term goal is following written instructions to complete tasks independently in a workplace. I break down into simple steps and train him step by step.I am sure that consistent practice will help him to achieve my long term goal.I am very excited to see how independently he is doing it.Sharing this video for fellow parents. https://youtu.be/hIiJ-U35Ig0

This was my presentation in the International Autism Conference hosted by CADREE,Trivandrum in 2018.I was talking about my journey of Resilience from my heart. Thank you so much CADREE for having invited me to present it. Smrithy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFVFHO7g7b8&t=

Recently I attended a workshop on "Work placement and challenges around it"by Dr. Shobha Srinath (Retd. Child Psychiatrist from NIMHANS) at Bubbles. Bubbles periodically organises different workshops and training sessions by subject matter experts in various fields. I would try and attend all workshops and this enhanced my learning. I would take down notes and after the workshop, I would try and put my new learnings to use the very same day. Merely attending workshops is no t going to help us if we do not use what we learn to teach our kids. In this workshop, Dr. Shobha addressed the prerequisites for work placement. According to her, these include communication skills, daily life skills, emotional regulations, using skills meaningfully.. the list starts from these basic skills.. As parents, we have to give primary focus to the above skills.. I am sharing it here for my fellow parents.. Dr. Shobha mentioned that, if your child knows how to read, teach him to read and foll...

A documentary about Addu in a French channel.A French Reporter Mr. Jean barrere came to meet us and spent one day with us. He did a great job. They did this story as a part of Autism awareness in their country. I am sharing this proud moment of our's with all of you!! https://www.arte.tv/…/08…/portrait-d-enfant-advaith-en-inde/

For most of our kids transitions are difficult and so anxiety will shoot up. First day of vacation itself I was ready with schedules and activities. So the transition was easy. We can prepare a schedule according to the kids level of understanding. Schedules will help kids to understand the beginning and end of the day and what will happen next and how long they have to do each activity and the kids will be motivated to communicate if they wants to make changes in the schedule.We can use schedules and visuals to prepare them if there are changes in the daily routine. Most of our kids don't know what to do if they are getting lots of free time and that's why unwanted behaviours shooting up during holidays. If we are planning a proper program including physical activities, self help skills, sensory activities, skill training, academics, Play skills and visiting shops and restaurants (for social skills), we can enjoy our holidays. These are some of the activities we are doing at...

Prerequisites for learning singular plural concepts are identification of nouns including common objects, fruits, vegetables, vehicles and animals. For teaching concepts, we used to start with objects. So that the child can understand clearly. Step1: Introducing singular plural concepts using objects.  I collected some objects like spoons, glass, pen, balls etc that is easily available at home. You can see the video of how I taught him the concepts u sing objects. https://youtu.be/bWVMbAWPYvo Step2: Singular plural concepts in the picture level  Make some flash cards that the child can understand easily and use it. The flash cards should be according to the kids level of understanding . I bought these flash cards from Sutradhar,in Bangalore. You can make your own materials by selecting pictures from Google Images. You can see the video of how I taught him these concepts in the picture level. https://youtu.be/K2wuErle4MA Step3: Singular plural concepts in...

Dear friends, In this video I am showing how we can create a structured file for teaching the kids independent work skills.If we are building independent work skills from childhood ,it will be easy for the child to write exams and to complete tasks during vocational training.Earlier I posted a video about how we can arrange a structured class room and how Addu is doing independent work time. Then parents were asking me about how to train kids to reach this level.So in this video I am showing how we can teach the child to perform independent activities. Regards Smrithy and Addu YOUTUBE.COM How to train kids for doing independent structured materials In this video I am showing how we can create a structured material for independent activities…

Dear friends, In this video I am showing how I am training Advaith to answer 'Yes' or 'No' questions using an app called Avaz. I started with common objects,then things used at home ,body parts and different concepts that he already mastered and then according to daily life situations. I tried this method with children who are verbal but echolalia was present and was not able to answer 'Yes' or 'No' questions.This method is helping both verbal and non verbal kids to use 'Yes' or 'No' meaningfully.I am sharing this video for fellow parents. Regards Smrithy and Addu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-m7QiQ5Zto

Introduction I am Smrithy. On completion of Post Graduation in Mathematics, I started working as a lecturer. After marriage, I shifted to Bangalore with my husband and was enjoying my life as a house wife. We are blessed with two children, Adhithya who is 12 years old and studying in Class VII and Advaith, who is diagnosed with Autism. When my son was diagnosed with Autism, I decided to do a course in Special Education in Autism and now work as a Special Educator to assist other families and children with Autism. I am the Special Educator, Speech Therapist, Occupational Therapist and Sports Instructor, for my son. I created a Blog and a YouTube channel for helping other kids and families, where I upload videos depicting how I teach reading, writing, typing, arts and sports activities like cycling, swimming, roller-skating, badminton, scooter board and basketball. I have already uploaded over a hundred videos on my channel and I ensure that they are done step-by-step, for ease ...