Sử dụng các trình tự mà bạn biết bé là quen thuộc với và sẽ hiểu. Sau đó, bạn có thể thêm các giai đoạn khi ông đã sẵn sàng. Bạn cũng có thể mua thẻ trình tự sẵn sàng thực hiện (xem tài liệu tham khảo ở mặt sau của cuốn sách), bao gồm trình tự hai bước từ đơn giản đến khá phức tạp chuỗi bảy và tám bước. | 232 Playing Laughing and Learning with Children on the Autism Spectrum Use sequences you know your child is familiar with and will understand. You can then add more stages when he is ready. You can also buy ready-made sequencing cards see references at the back of the book which range from simple two-step sequences to quite complicated seven- and eight-step sequences. Don t forget to ask your speech and language therapist for resources such as this. Goals Try to have a series of small goals that you and your child can work towards. It helps to write them down - you don t have to spend hours writing dear diary entries a simple one-line goal at the start of each week on your calendar will suffice. A series of weeks may go something like this Week 1 Prepare and introduce a book of favourite things. Week 2 Encourage Tommy to spend two five-minute sessions a day looking at it with me. Note have a reward ready. Week 3 Aim to have Tommy sit next to me while I talk about the book. Introducing Books and Reading 233 Week 4 Introduce a real book sitting at a distance. and so on. Your ultimate goal will probably be for example Week 12 Aim to read a complete book start to finish and be sure Tommy is able to point to all objects and label six of them himself. Obviously this is only a guide. Be realistic. Look at what your child is capable of now and don t reach too far too soon. If your child is nonverbal now it would be foolish to expect him to be labelling objects in three months. Work on pointing understanding and finding ways for him to communicate to you that he wants to read. Only prepare two-three weeks goals at a time seeing three-months worth stretching ahead will only make you feel despondent at such a huge task. Plus your child may surprise you and romp through three-weeks worth in four days or make much slower progress than you aimed for. Ten minutes a day may not seem much but remember you re probably doing this alongside other activities with their own goals. Start
