This question varies from person to person. Some children with mild autism can go directly to full-day kindergarten, and some children are mild but not strong enough to be in a kindergarten setting around the clock.
Children with mild autism need to undergo a detailed assessment to enter kindergarten, and they need to meet the basic standards for ordinary children to attend kindergarten. For example, they can speak and urinate, understand simple instructions, speak simple words, or at least follow the basic rules of the kindergarten without greatly affecting the teacher or other children.
In addition to meeting the basic requirements of attending kindergarten, children with autism often face some common problems or challenges when attending kindergarten.
After the child enters the kindergarten, he may only be interested in objects, do not like to look at people, do not know what the teacher is talking about and what other children are playing, and is only busy playing with the toys that he is interested in.
If the teacher pulls him over in the past, the child may have some problem behaviors (crying, not cooperating). The problem of such children in kindergarten is not to affect others, it is himCan't learn anything, which is a very common question.
The child can adapt to the one-on-one teaching method, butIntegrate into the groupThere is a problem. Because the main characteristic of an autistic child is social disability, in this case, we need to teach the child how to integrate into the group before entering kindergarten, which will be beneficial for the autistic child to enter kindergarten.
The child has stereotyped behaviors and stereotyped thinking. If he encounters some changes in kindergarten, it can sometimes be difficult to accept. In this case, we need to train the child in advanceThe ability to accept change, which is conducive to his integration into the new kindergarten.
Children will do activities that they are interested in, but they will not do activities that they are not interested in, which means that children do not have themShare control。We start by helping your child develop shared control, which will help him participate in activities he doesn't like, and he will be able to follow and adhere to the kindergarten teacher's instructions or classroom rules.
Autistic kids inInitiating, sustaining, and responding to interactionsIt is also prone to challenges. We need to find out if the child's interaction initiation, maintenance and response have been balanced before sending the child to kindergarten.
Perform functions independently。We need to consider activities such as drawing, doing exercises, singing, etc., can children successfully complete them on their own like ordinary children of the same age?Is it possible to sustain a theme or project for a long time?
If the child with autism is presentInattention, hyperactivity, or impulsivityParents also need to solve these problems in advance, so that children can learn Xi better in kindergarten.
Some children with autism do not have the ability to switch from activities they enjoy to activities they don't like, from one classroom to anotherThe ability to transition transitionsIt is also a challenge in kindergarten.
Therefore, children with mild autism need to be assessed and observed to see if they already have these basic abilities before entering kindergarten. If so, it will be easier for the child to integrate into the kindergarten;If not, parents need to build these basic abilities for their children in advance.
Parents can try to explain to the kindergarten teacher what developmental delays their child currently has, and then observe how they can continue to Xi learn or build these basic abilities in kindergarten (some abilities cannot be built all at once, and they can be continued after entering kindergarten).
However, parents must first know whether their child has behavioral problems, emotional problems, or problems that do not integrate well into the group Xi school. We need to analyze the most important aspects of children's abilities that have not been built well, whether these abilities are before or after entering kindergarten, they must continue to be built to be more conducive to children's integration into kindergarten.