Arouse the child’s five senses and help him maintain his attention

Turning a blind eye to hearing and not hearing is a distinctive feature of children with spectrum disorders. Their eyes are always drifting, and others are like air in their eyes, completely ignored. Their attention is erratic and unpredictable. If you want to teach him something, he doesn't even look at it; don't teach him, he seems to be paying attention to you again. Their lack of concentration also makes parents very worried and helpless.

Attention is produced by the five senses of hearing, touch, sight, smell and taste. Once you have used the sensory stimulation and exercise that your child likes to calm him down or become energetic, you can also use these methods to get him actively involved.

As parents, how do we use the child’s sensory response to keep the child’s attention?

Starting from the auditory aspect, interact with the child with the child’s favorite voice.

On weekdays, do children prefer high pitch or low pitch? If the child likes bass, talk to him in a low-pitched tone to attract his attention; if the child likes a low-pitched voice, then parents can lower the voice when comforting the child... We have to use the child’s auditory response to vote for it So, to attract the child's attention.

Parents must use onomatopoeia as much as possible, such as "Ah!" and "Oh, no!". These exaggerated effects can easily attract the child's attention and give him a chance to find out what went wrong.

Start with the sense of touch and use materials that children like to touch to attract children's attention.

If the child likes thin and soft materials, then we can give him some clay or plasticine, let him try to stretch and play, we can also prepare one for the child Fill the bowl with flour and water, let him rub and rub; if the child likes the feeling of skin being squeezed,On weekdays, parents can hold the child tightly in their arms or squeeze the child onto the sofa until he gets bored.

Many children like to play with the food in the bowl. This situation is very annoying to the parents. In fact, the child does this only for the sake of tactile pleasure.

Understand this, parents might as well consider playing with food as a new way to interact with their children. If the child throws the noodles one by one, then we can follow him and hold the bowl at any time to catch it. Only when the child relaxes can he be willing to get along with others and communicate, and you can have enough time to teach her to keep tidy habits. The focus now is on how to make the child like to get along with you.

Start from the visual aspect, and use visual symbols that make children happy to attract children's attention.

We can use his preference for colors to attract his attention to you; we can also use objects that children like to move or static to attract their attention to you.

Starting from the sense of smell and taste, use the food and taste that the child likes to attract the child.

For example, children like to eat instant noodles. Parents can eat with their children. During the eating process, slowly move our bowl closer to the child to see his reaction. If he doesn't find this interesting, we can give him some of our faces and see his reaction.

When eating, we try to use our voices and actions to attract the children's attention for as long as possible. Laughter, grimace, and sucking sounds can be used as long as they can make the children happy.