Caring for children with autism involves more than just providing general treatments or prognoses. Child psychologists around the world agree that caring for children means identifying the exact symptoms they present and tailoring treatment to ensure that conditions improve and that autism in all its manifestations becomes less of an obstacle in their lives. Autism is actually a brain development disorder that affects children right down to the very youngest.
Although they are most often seen in children ages 3 to 5, infants can show some of the first warning signs of a mental disorder. It affects many functions of the brain and these can include areas of speech, cognitive ability, mental focus, learning, and communication. This is the reason why autistic children have difficulties expressing themselves or even reacting normally to social situations and stimuli. In order to properly care for a child with autism, you need to identify the specific symptom they are having and this can be broken down into three main categories or classifications. One of them is social development, or the inability of babies and children to react to social situations. Humans with normal mental and social functions are capable of understanding and breaking down social situations, as well as having some level of spontaneity when meeting people face to face. Autistic children are usually very shy and fearful of these situations.
They keep to themselves and can often experience long hours of silence while ignoring their mates around them. They are also unable to express themselves properly and their lack of understanding causes them to be nervous, scared and seek refuge with their primary caregiver, with whom they have created this incredibly strong bond. This is called a form of ‘social deviance’ and can manifest itself in symptoms such as lack of eye contact, poor behaviour, temper tantrums when faced with social situations, inability to respond to emotions and non-verbal communication. The other category of autistic symptoms is of course communication problems and this takes the form of an inability to express oneself through speech and expression.
To get to the mechanics of the problem, autistic children often regress when it comes to normal, natural learning, which means they must receive training in all the nuances of speech therapy to ensure they can communicate effectively with others. people. Some children and even older ones experience an acute communication problem like this and therefore need to be treated with structured learning or even speech therapy when they are young.
It can also take the form of repetitive behavior, where they are stereotyped, compulsive, ritualistic, restrained, or even engage in self-harm. These are sure signs that the child is autistic and therapy should be started with the child at one. The environment is also important, there must be a lot of love and guidance from parents, the two most important aspects of child therapy support that can improve their chances of leading a normal life.