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he Montessori classroom
provides an excellent
environment for these
children to develop the social and
communicative skills they find so
difficult to learn.
Autistic children tend to follow a
rigid routine, becoming very
distressed when this routine is
disrupted. Montessorians know
that it is good teaching practice to
keep to a simple daily schedule.
Prepare children well in advance
for any changes in routine, such as
school trips. Our cultural materials
such as time lines of the school
day, calendars and clocks all
provide a concrete representation
of time, and therefore an accessible
reminder of the childs routine.
Train to
help
parents
An intensive three-day National
Autistic Society parent
programme is open to
professionals who have prior
experience of working with
people who are autistic.
he EarlyBird Centre was set up in 1997
to develop and evaluate an autismspecific model of early intervention
using a parent programme.
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