Autism Activities for a Five Year Old Child - 550 Words

Autism Activities for a Five Year Old Child (Coursework Sample) Content: Student's Name Professor's Name Course Date Autism Activities for a Five Year Old Child This essay details the autism activities for a child over a period of one month (June); in which skills of the gross and fine motor, cognition, and psychology were developed, and the results reported as bullets. Autism disorder limits a child's communication skills, socialization, and cognition and can be reversed when the following activities are done (Hourcade, Natasha and Thomas 157-168), as was subjected to the five year old child. * Today, with the parent's help, I worked on the child's gross motor skills' examination; the kid played a ball and caught it with practice and besides, when I drew areas on the ground that was to be skipped, the kid adequately did the skipping. * On the second day, we worked together to assess the fine motor skills development of the child; I instructed the kid to button his shirt, which he did; then I gave the kid a pair of scissors, and he cut the paper into pieces as required. * We chose to work on his ability to draw and color objects on the third day of the activity; and given a book and paintings, the kid drew a definite image, decorated and called it a bus-it resembled a bus actually! * Today, we decided to work on the child's ability to ride a bicycle with stabilizers; I introduced the activity, and he was able to ride with our assistance. Furthermore, the child excellently performed the action of climbing the stairs on one foot, mimicking my steps up the stairs. * On day five, we worked on the child's ability to print sentences; and he jotted down numbers and letters similar to the ones I wrote; also, the child arranged up to 15 blocks into a building after practice. * Today we focused on the kid's ability to run by promising to reward him if he completed the race ahead of her mother; he displayed incredible athletic skills; again, the child sang and danced systematically to the tune of a guitar. * Today we worked on the kid's swimming skills by joining him in the shallow end of the pool; where he coordinated his arms and legs and attained balance in the water; also, the kid tied his shoelaces, zip, and buttons after the swimming engagement. * Today, the eight days, we focused on the child's ability to use a knife to chop his food; and noted he had fun practicing although it was difficult for him; and also, the child squirmed several times on the lunch table while watching TV. * Today we worked on the kid's communication skills; he understood jokes and riddles and enjoyed the opportunity to tell a story. Besides, the child paid attention for long during conversations and learned time concepts of seasons and days of the week once we taught. * Today, the tenth day, we focused on the kids feelings; the child became sad when denied the chance to join the regular ball game, with the anger outbursts manifest; he also identified and talked about tricky emotions of jealousy. * Today we worked on the child's overall play and lea...