One of the reasons I fought so hard to get Ethan the place at his school is because teaching the children life skills make up part of their school day. I have always believed that Ethan being able to be independent is a top priority for us. He has a long way to go but […]
Since the return to school after the summer holiday, Ethan has really been into letters and the sounds they make. It really has been all about letters, we have been watching letter songs on you tube and playing alphablocks games. Ethan has been telling us what letters words start with, D is for dog, M
Ethan doesn’t respond well to school holidays. He is happy when he knows his routine and school is the routine that Ethan knows. Last year our plan for the summer holidays was to keep Ethan busy and we planned days out and a mini break away but it was too much. Not being able to
This week Ethan returned to school after a six-week summer holiday break. Thankfully he wasn’t returning to a big change at school. He is in the same class and with the same teacher and TA’s for this school year. They have split his class into two smaller groups with the aim that this will help
When Ethan was first diagnosed with autism his family support key worker introduced us to a First and Then board. We would use the board with PECS to visually show Ethan the activities we wanted him to do. This was also used at his nursery and we found it a great help. Since Ethan has
