Have you ever taught an Authistic student?
By multitasker
@multitasker (63)
India
October 15, 2009 8:08am CST
Autism refers to a mental condition wherea child's brain remains underdeveloped, from the birth. It is very hard for them to learn the common things of life. I am teaching a class 5th student of CBSE, Maths. He is autistic and it is very hard to teach him. 7 months of the session has passed but even now only 5 of 11 chapters has been covered by him. I know him since 2 years and have seen a lot of change in him.Teaching such students is areal challenge for a teacher. Have you ever taught such a child?
2 responses
@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
15 Oct 09
Autistic children are special children. There are varying degrees of autism and a each child is a case of his own. Surprisingly, in the past decade, it seems that there is already an autistic child in every clan. Even if I am not actually taught autistic children formally, encounters with some are inevitable. It takes a lot of patience and self-sacrifice to handle just one child. I commend you for accepting the task. Your treasure in heaven must be loaded already.
@vivekkumarnayak (235)
• India
16 Oct 09
Yes the Autistic children are very special,But they need our help and cooperation to exist in the society...i have Observed few Autistis students in my life time and all are good gifted a if they are the god's child...
I have never taught an autistic child but has interacted with them and i find pleasure in this activity...
@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
31 Oct 09
Yes I have tried teaching an autistic student before.Twice and both are male. They were a 2nd grader and was mixed with ordinary kids but on the 2nd section. The two of them are both good in English but really bad with mathematics.
