My Special Journey with Advaith

Dear Friends, In all my presentation I was sharing these words " Find their strengths and at the same time we have to help them to improve their difficult areas". We found his strengths in different areas like Sports, jewellery making, typing... at the same time I was working to improve his Fine motor skills and to build self help skills. Folding clothes was a difficult skill for him to learn. when one of my dear friend Tarunya showed, how her daughter is doing that independe ntly ,I was really impressed. We also made a material using cardboard boxes and introduce it to Addu.With in three days, he started folding like this with minimal help. I am so excited and happy to share it with you all. I am doing this activity with him daily. Thank you so much dear Tarunya.With in one month, he will be fully independent, I am sure! Regards Smrithy and Advaith Learning to fold shirts Addu had great difficulties for folding activities and he was not getting pati...

Addu had proprioception issues and he was flapping his hands continuously. So I thought of doing some activities to ensure that his needs are addressed in a meaningful way. Step1:Teaching dribbling At that stage, Addu was not able to dribble continuously for even a second. I had to stand behind him and guide him to focus and do. We started inside the house on the mat and then I took him to the apartment's basement for dribbling. Initially he was not running behind the ball and I used to give continuous prompts. We did it consistently and he started improving slowly. Step 2: Shooting We bought a basketball set from Decathlon and fixed it on the window. Initially I chose the height according to his comfort level. Also I counted 1 to 10 and asked  him to catch the ball and then shoot. You  can see it in this video. https://youtu.be/rJ1ZJI8fAs0 Also I  did it as a structured activity to help him understand the beginning and end of each activity and to make him indep...

Dear Friends, In this video, i am sharing some clicker sentences worksheets that i customized for Advaith. to build his language skills, comprehension, answering questions about hobbies, myself "Which" questions etc. Regards Smrithy & Addu Clicker sentences worksheets For building language skills, comprehension, answering questions about hobbies, myself, " Which" questions etc YOUTUBE.COM

Dear Friends  In this video I am showing how I am teaching him a lesson about 'farm animals ". I am reading for him and trying to keep him fully involved in the lesson. Also I am using some ideas of RPM(not completely). It's my way of teaching science and social studies as he is showing interest in this. I hope it will help other parents and kids for building comprehensive skills too.   Regards Smrithy and Advaith Lesson about "farm animals " Addu likes to learn science lessons. In this way, we can make the lesson interesting and can work on the comprehension… YOUTUBE.COM

Dear Friends, In this video I am showing how I am training Addu for doing laundry. We love him a lot and he is blessed with a caring brother. But I am believing that it is my responsibility to teach him all independent living skills. When I am not well, my boys are helping me. Because of my disc degeneration issues I can't climb steps and during holidays we started these activity with Addu. Laundry is an important independent daily living skill and it can help him for a voc ational skill. Because of his proprioceptive seeking issues, SI(sensory Integration) therapists suggested activities for carrying heavy weight, transferring things... Now he is doing all that activities in a meaningful way instead of doing it in a class room.  If you are worrying about your kids hyperactivity, coordination issues, following instructions, pragmatic language skills... do these activity.  Parents please remember that "Our main focus is that, they should lead an independent life and w...

Autism is a complex neurological disorder, it affects person’s ability to communicate, difficulties in social interaction and repetitive behaviors .  It's called as autism spectrum disorder as it reflects the wide variation in challenges and strengths possessed by each person with autism.  Difficulties with language and communication are a key feature in the discussion on autism.  Most of the children in spectrum remain non-verbal and some are verbal.  Verbal children can repeat words or talk about their favorite  cartoons, but they also struggle to use their vocabulary for communicating with others. This makes it very important to provide an alternative method of communication for children with autism.  AAC is augmentative alternative communication. It includes all forms of communication other than oral speech that are used to express thoughts, needs, wants and ideas.  AAC systems are categorised into aided and unaided systems.  Unaid...

Cycling is a good exercise and a leisure skill for our kids. Also, outdoor activities help them to reduce anxiety and stress. In this way of teaching, we don’t want to run behind the cycle because balancing wheels are supporting, and we can easily fade the supporting wheels to make the child independent in cycling. Consistent practice is very important to achieve this skill. Step 1 - Pedalling in forward direction We started with exercise cycle in OT class and in Gym for teaching him pedalling. Before he used to do backward pedalling. Initially we gave physical prompt to do forward pedalling (we were slightly pushing his knees in the forward direction) and practiced it consistently. After few weeks we started with kids bicycle with balancing wheels on both sides. (this should keep cycle up-straight- all rear wheels touching the ground.). At that time, we focused only on the pedalling in right direction. You can keep the cycle stationary and ask the child to pedal forward. ...