Children with autism live inside their own little world, which is separate from the rest of us. Unlike other children, they have difficulty relating to others or their environment. Even their parents may have a hard time relating to them.
Autism carries a wide range of manifestations. Some children may have delayed motor-skills development. Some children find it hard to get along with other children or people. They may act and react differently towards events happening around them or to objects near them.
Children with autism hardly communicate, which educators may find as one of the biggest challenges in their careers. Experts say that most children with autism can be educated for them to function well in the society. They just need to be in the proper institution, with good support from the family.
Specialized programs for teaching these special children exist. Various schools dedicated to children with special needs, including children with autism, help them learn how to communicate, to be self-sufficient, and to cope with both internal and external stimuli.
According to an article by Lucy Ward, published in UK’s The Guardian, an in-home tutor can help develop the IQ of children with autism. This conclusion comes from a British “early intensive behavioral intervention” (EIBI) study, which exposed toddlers in the program to intensive one-on-one in-house tutoring for two years.
The results showed that by the end of the study, some toddlers enrolled in the program increased their IQ by 40 points. The method allowed autistic children to enroll into mainstream classrooms so their peers will not leave them behind in their lessons.
This goes to show that having an in-house tutor can be very helpful in the child’s development. This also means that children with autism have the hope of living a nearly normal life.