Although she thought her child was normal, difficulties came when Nhat entered the stage of preparing to go to first grade. Ms. Hang still clearly remembers the painful feeling when she heard her 5-year-old child’s kindergarten teacher say: “My child could only sit for 10 minutes, then he rolled to the ground and lay at the bathroom door.”
Faced with the dilemma of whether her child should stay in kindergarten or go to grade 1, the doctor at Minh Central Children’s Hospital advised her to decide to send her child to grade 1. “During school, learning to read is completely up to the teacher.” , my mother only teaches me math. After grade 1, he knew how to read and write and was promoted to grade 2. By now he has almost become normal,” Ms. Hang recalled.
Early intervention helps autistic children integrate and develop well
MSc. Nguyen Thi Mai Huong – Deputy Head of the Department of Psychiatry (National Children’s Hospital) – said: Autism is a behavioral development disorder that can affect children’s basic skills such as communication. and develop social relationships, learning and living skills.
Therefore, in intervention for children with autism, play-based intervention methods have a very effective impact in supporting the improvement of communication and behavioral interaction in children, helping children develop their senses, intelligence and ability. better integrate with the world around you.
Early diagnosis and early intervention in a methodical, comprehensive, reasonable and persistent manner can help children make good progress, develop relatively normally, and integrate relatively well into the family, school and environment. society.
If intervention is carried out early for autistic children, they can integrate into the community and be independent in life. If not treated, the child will not be able to speak and will depend on the care of others.
As soon as the child shows signs of abnormality, the diagnosis is clearly determined between 24 and 30 months, and requires behavioral therapy, language and communication teaching, psychomotor therapy and sensory regulation, self-service, and play. interaction, social skills, family counseling. Basic skills taught to children: Pay attention by looking, listening, imitating, communicating with gestures, playing appropriately, understanding words, pronunciation skills.
Also according to MSc. Nguyen Thi Mai Huong, helping autistic children integrate into life despite many difficulties and hardships, with love and perseverance in applying the right methods, parents can still help their children progress every day. .It can be seen that understanding knowledge related to intervention for children with autism will help parents apply it correctly, bringing about better cognitive and behavioral development and integration for children.