Start Here | Join Their World: Connecting with Your Autistic Child (Kakanda)

Presenter: Ibrahim Mohammed Aliyu Free autism help for parents, in Kakanda. In this video: how to connect with your child by going into their world. A routine called Together Time. Fifteen minutes, three times a week. Choose three things and keep them the same every time: a time, a place, and a name for it. Choose a hand sign for it too, so your child learns it by sight. Prepare a bag with a few things your child enjoys, and keep screens out of it. At the time you chose, go to where your child is, say the name out loud, make the sign, and walk together. If your child stays where they are, sit with them there. Give them the bag and sit beside them, at their level. Then ten minutes with no questions, no instructions and no teaching. Watch what they choose and what they do, and every thirty seconds say something kind about it, quietly. If your child moves away when you speak, speak less. If they want to leave, let them leave. You are building something slow, so expect it to take time. The strategies in these videos come from published behavior-analytic research. The sources are listed at abaworld.org/start-here PRESENTER Ibrahim Mohammed Aliyu is a fourth year dental student in Nigeria. He works on public education in personal and environmental hygiene, dental outreach to schools, advocacy for girls' education, and mentoring the students coming up behind him. He volunteers with ABA World as an Autism Ally. All the Kakanda videos: abaworld.org/kakanda Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ11tWuamp9Y Subscribe. The next one will find you. Other languages: abaworld.org/start-here ABA World is a nonprofit organization. abaworld.org #autism #Kakanda #parenting