Innehållsförteckning för November 2024 från Foughtism

Hello and welcome to Foughtism, a monthly magazine dedicated to celebrating the unique gifts of individuals with autism. A treasure of practical, playful and engaging activities for kids on the spectrum Foughtism magazine offers strategies and ideas to enrich the lives of children through meaningful activity. More than 20+ activities help the child on the spectrum: follow directions, stay focused, and strengthen motor skills; interact with peers and develop social skills needed for playdates; build vocabulary, expand communication, and answer questions. Our pages are filled with inspiring stories of individuals who have overcome challenges, followed their dreams, and made a positive impact on the world. At Foughtism, we’re all about embracing your unique perspective, exploring your creativity, and connecting with a community of like-minded individuals. Let’s celebrate your unique gifts,…

Walking like an animal is a Fun and easy way to work on gross motor skills. It builds core strength, and even helps with balance and coordination. Your child can practice animal walks anywhere there is open space! Siblings and Friends can join in on the Fun. Here are some of the walks your child can practice: Bear: Place hands and feet on the ground, bottom stays high up in the air. Try to keep arms and legs as straight as possible! Move hands and feet forward alternating Right Hand/Left Foot, Left Hand/Right Foot. Crab: Place hands and feet on the ground, belly facing upward, Push through arms and legs to lift your bottom off the ground. Keep your bottom off the ground as you move hands and feet just…

Sometimes we have Fire Drills. Fires almost never happen in schools, but, just in case, we practice what to do if there is a fire. That keeps us safe! Sometimes we have Emergency Weather Drills. Tornados and other weather emergencies almost never happen in school, but, just in case, we practice what to do if there is a weather emergency. That keeps us safe! There is a new type of drill at our school this year. It is called a Lockdown Drill. A lockdown drill is to practice what to do if a there is an intruder in our school. An intruder is a person who is not supposed to be in our school. When someone is in our school who is not supposed to be there, our teachers and…

GOAL AREA: Social Skills • Encourage turn taking, looking/facing towards the conversation partner, and staying on topic • After you ask your child a question and have them answer it, have them ask you the same question using correct inflection (e.g., What is YOUR favorite food?”) GOAL AREA: Articulation • Encourage your child to use their good speech sounds while asking/answering a question • Set a timer for a given amount of time. During this time, your child has to be extra focused on their sounds while answering questions. Challenge him/her to not make any articulation errors while the timer is running GOAL AREA: Language • Model correct grammar and sentence structure for your child • If your child makes an error (e.g., word order, grammar), model the sentence back…

• No-Print Mazes for the iPad Do you want to use Mazes in therapy, but do not want to print multiple pages for every session? You can put these mazes on an iPad using Adobe Reader, a free .pdf annotator app, but I prefer GoodNotes (pictured here), which is very kid-friendly. Mistakes can easily be taken away with the ‘undo’ button! ☑ Open your iPad pdf reader e.g., GoodNotes, GoodReader, or Adobe Reader. ☑ Load this maze file via Dropbox, iCloud, or iTunes. • Print in B&W • Print in color & laminate What is Kyle going to do? Help this fish get home! Find my opposite.…