Asperger Syndrome (AS) generally a neurological disorder, is a type of pervasive development disorder (PDD) which represents by basic skills like weak social interaction, obsessions, poor use of imagination and unusual speech. Asperger's syndrome affects the child's ability to interact and communicate with others effectively. Children with Asperger's syndrome typically exhibit social amateurishness, have normal intelligence and near-normal language development. The disorder also seems to be linked to structural abnormalities in several regions of the brain.
What are Aspergers symptoms in children?
Parents should notice Aspergers symptoms when their child starts pre-schooling and begins to interact with other children. Always remember that two children suffering with Asperger's disease are not the same. Check out the following :-
1 Animus all changes in daily routines.
2 Unable to make eye contact or directly stare anyone.
3 Always use formal style while speaking rather than advanced. For example may use the word "return" instead of "come back" and "beckon" rather than "call"
4 Speak a lot and fast specially about favorite things. One-sided conversations with verbalized internal thoughts are more common.
5 Lack of understanding .
6 Unable to recognize major difference between speech tone, pitch and accent. Poor to understand jokes or funny comments.
7 Have more sensitivity about loudness, great noise, light, strong tastes etc.
8 Have weak learning power such as may be late in learning to use spoon or fork, ride a bike, or catch a ball.
9 Have analytical postures or facial expressions.
10 Many children with Asperger's disease are more interested in unusual activities like designing house, drawing more complicated scenes or studying astronomy.
11 Showing unusual non-verbal communication such as lack of eye contact, few facial expressions, bad body postures and gestures
12 unable to understand and recognized sensitivity to others' feelings
13 Speaking in a monotonous voice that is rigid or fast
14 Moving loosely with poor coordination
15 Odd posture problem or a rigid gait
Treatment and drugs for curing Asperger's syndrome
The core symptoms of Asperger's syndrome can not be cured properly. But many children get benefit from specialized techniques that focus on social skills and behavioral management training. These Options include:
1 Training for social and communication skills : with the help of rote fashion and explicit way of teaching many Children suffering with Asperger's syndrome, might be capable to learn the more rules of socialization and communication with foreign languages. They also learn speaking way in a natural rhythm or interpretation of communication techniques like gestures, voice tone, eye contact, humor and sarcasm.
2 New therapy for Cognitive behavior : This therapy offers more techniques aimed at curing problem behavior like interrupting, meltdowns or anger, obsessions and developing skills including recognize feelings and anxiety. It focuses on trained a suffered child to find out the troublesome situation related to new event or place consists of many social demands then choose a specific strategy to handle this situation.
3 Special education technique : This kind of education includes structured learning queries to fulfill the child's unique educational requirements.
4 Behavior modification: This includes strategies which are supporting positive behavior.
5 Speech, physical therapy: These kind of therapies are developed to increase the child's functional abilities.
This article looks into what every parent worries about for their child ? the future. I know it's a scary thing to think about but all parents have to think about it at some point. Your child's success as an adult will depend on their ability to read their own behavior and adjust accordingly. By this I am talking about the need for the child with Asperger's to "learn" how to react and adapt in different situations. Most people are fortunate enough to have a pretty good idea what the expected social graces or responses are in different situations. Think about how many times this happens in a day ? maybe hundreds of times. Having breakfast with the family, chatting with work colleagues, going to the store, driving to work, going to a social group, attending church, catching public transport ? to name but a few. But for a person with Asperger's understanding the correct response isn't something that comes naturally - it needs to be "learned". For this very reason, it is critical that you are honest with your child.
Provide them with the feedback they need, in behavior specific methods, so that they may be able to generalize from one situation to another. So for example role play or go through how your child may react to someone in the store who is trying to serve them. They are not likely to understand emotions naturally, in any given situation. But there are some useful software programs out there that can be used to help your child get a better understanding of facial and emotional recognition. One type of software is called "Gaining Face" and you can have a free trial of the software at http://www.ccoder.com/GainingFace/
When giving your child feedback ensure that it is specific to things that they can change and things that they have control over. So for example if they said something that many people may take offence at or adopted a particularly aggressive form of body language. Those things are likely to be identified in their response to certain situations. But the great news is that so many Asperger's kids grow and develop and have great lives with all of the "usual" trappings of life such as employment, relationships etc. You only need to look as far as Silicon Valley in the USA to see a great number of people with Asperger's and related conditions having profitable careers at the cutting edge of the software industry. It is rumoured by many that Microsoft's billionaire owner Bill Gates has a form of Asperger's ? so the sky can be the only limit. And obviously this is just the material view and many Asperger's children are able to grow into pillars of the community with happy and fulfilled family lives too. But obviously what you do from now on will help your child enormously with that future progression.
This article can be summarized by saying that it is essential for parents to help their child understand the behavioral cues and expectations of society as openly and plainly as possible. Your child with Asperger's is very capable of learning a whole range of social skills if taught in the right way.
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