Social Interaction Project: Autism and its Impact on Children

This project delves into the realm of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and its impact on social interaction, focusing on methods and strategies to enhance social skills in children with autism. The project emphasizes the importance of creating a supportive and encouraging environment, free from criticism, to motivate children. It highlights various approaches, including the use of games like 'Talking Stick' and board games with visual aids, to facilitate communication and engagement. Furthermore, the research references academic sources to support the findings and provide evidence-based solutions for improving the social interactions of children with autism. The project highlights different methods and strategies that can be used to encourage and help children with autism. The project aims to help children with autism interact with their peers, and it provides various methods and approaches for social interactions.

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There are many methods that can help children with Autism to interact with other children. The
main thing that should be considered is to start with a basic level and then raise the difficulty level
for them. It would be helpful for them if there are less social stressors. Parents with Autism
children can start practice new social skills with their children at different places with different
people so that they can be ready to learn different things (Cohen, 2013). There are many games
that can also help Autism children to involve in a conversation or give an immediate response.
There is a game called ‘Talking stick’ in which the person holding the stick has to speak and it
keeps passing on. This game can easily motivate such children to initiate conversations. One of
the games is board games in which there are some visual and real things that basically indicate the
turn. Children suffering from Autism need a comfortable environment so that they can feel

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motivated and it will become easy for them to learning new things. It is important to take care
that people around the children suffering from Autism must be free from failure, sarcasm and
ridicule because they may decrease the motivation of the children (Lubetsky, 2011).
References
Cohen, I. (2013). Behaviour profiles of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism
spectrum disorder on the parent pervasive developmental disorder Behaviour Inventory. OA Autism,
1(1).
Lubetsky, M. (2011). Autism spectrum disorder. Oxford: Oxford University Press.