Communication Book

If you have an autistic child that attends school, make sure to have a communication book. A communication book is a way that the parent and teacher can provide information to eachother while the child is not with that individual. The parent can help the teacher by providing information about any unusual events that occured while the child was out of school. This information could be vital to the teacher and might provide some explanation why the child is acting in certain ways. Ex: The child could not sleep well the night before. The teacher then knows why the child is acting differently on a particular day. this communication is helpful to the parent as well. Since the child may have limited communiaction skills, the child may or may not communicate what they did during the school day. The teacher can then provide information to the parent and can help the parent understand what the child has gone through during the course of the school day. Ex: Teacher can explain what social skills they are working on in class, as well as, any positive/negative events that occured. The parents can then praise the child for any positive instances and reinforce the incident at home to encourage growth.