positive changes

The positive change I know about is the treatment for autism.  The children who have autism are being diagnosed earlier than in the past.  I care for a young boy who has a diagnosis of autism and he has had that diagnosis since he was three before that the doctor diagnosis was PDD.  He currently has speech and OT and goes to a developmental preschool.  He gets OT both at school and through a private practice doctor.  He has come a long way in the two years I have known him.  The acting out behaviors he had are just about gone, we are working on gentle touch or asking his friends for high five's to get the sensory need filled, he also love deep tight hugs from all his friends and they are give them to him very freely.  His verbal skill are just starting to come out, a lot of babbling like infants do, but he does have a great vocabulary. The social skill he has are still emerging as well, he will play side by side with a peer and the occasional exchange of toys or words will happen.

If the research on early intervention had not be discovered then the little boy I care for might be lost.  Not only is it about the intervention  because of developmentally delay first seen but what is needed to help children who have autism  or PDD. It is these discoveries that will help them become citizen that add to society rather than take from it.

Research Simulation

I have chosen the topic of autism with either look at how to develop age appropriate relationships, how to deal with flexible schedule, or attachment.  I still have not decide what to look at but and leaning toward age appropriate relationships.  I have been applying for jobs in the special education field and some of the job require knowledge of autism. One such job is in my local school district, is a program just for children with autism.  With this knowledge I will feel confident to apply for this job and hopefully get it.  I am also caring for a little boy who has been diagnoses that is on the autism spectrum and would love to be able to help him and his family out more than what I an currently doing.

The chart has been helpful in learning about key terms and what to look for in credible articles and websites  as we being our research.