How to choose an autism institution? Which professional organization is better?

1/exaggerated propaganda is not credible

Some parents are attracted by the slogan of "cure autism", which not only wastes money, but also delays their children's precious time.

At present, there is no definite conclusion about the cause of autism, so what about the cure? Parents and teachers who have been in contact with autistic children for a long time understand that there is no cure, only to improve their self-care ability, speech, social interaction, etc., and to be closer to ordinary children.

Those exaggerated organizations just capture the parents' eagerness to get better for their children. Some things can't be rushed, which will only do harm and no good. Parents are worried, anxious, painful and confused, and the market is full of all kinds of "therapies" and effect guarantees, which is too impulsive.

Before making a decision, you must collect more information instead of listening to one family. Don't let your anxiety interfere with rational decision-making.

2/The qualification of institutions is very important

At present, many private autism rehabilitation institutions have long-standing problems, such as no approval, no supervision, no teacher qualification certification, and the training effect is difficult to be clear. The supervision of such institutions is blank; The current situation of autism rehabilitation industry is also worrying.

At present, most autism rehabilitation institutions in China are private and non-enterprise. When you know about the institutions, you can check their qualifications and whether they have the registration certificate issued by the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Secondly, you can check whether this institution is the designated institution of the local disabled persons' Federation. If it is the designated institution of the local disabled persons' Federation, you can enjoy the state subsidy, and the subsidy will be increased correspondingly according to the different local policies.

3/Professional teaching staff

There is a shortage of teachers in both legally qualified institutions and marginal institutions. Due to the increasing number of children with autism, professional teachers can't keep up; As a result, many institutions have lowered the requirements for recruiting teachers, mainly from kindergarten teachers or high schools, and let teachers explore and grow by themselves after short training.

Autism rehabilitation is a new industry, and there are not many professionals who have learned how to rehabilitate. Those who have been engaged in rehabilitation for decades are somewhat unreliable. After all, it is only more than 3 years since autism was discovered in China, and the first institution in China was established for more than 2 years. If there are special education teachers who have written for more than 2 years, we should put a question mark in our hearts.

parents should know the professional background of teachers from institutions. Teachers who are recovering from autism should have "professional background in rehabilitation therapy, special education, psychology, early childhood education", among which rehabilitation therapy and special education are the best. At the same time, it is necessary to judge whether the teacher is professional, loving and patient through communication.

4/standardized teaching procedures

Professional institutions must have scientific and systematic professional evaluation methods and tests, evaluate each child's ability, master the child's overall quality and ability, and make a systematic rehabilitation plan.

The institution has a perfect teaching mode and rich teaching activities (among them, half-day training and session training are better, and full-time classes are long, which is easy to make autistic children physically and mentally exhausted, thus affecting the rehabilitation effect, and the lack of contact with the external environment is not conducive to their growth. ), a systematic personal intervention plan. Therefore, parents should understand the whole procedure from booking registration to arranging training, and whether the procedure is standardized, the teaching mode and its arrangement are appropriate.

If the selected institution has neither a teaching plan nor data records, and the teachers in the institution have no complete implementation plan for the children's courses, the children's classes may be entirely based on the experience of the teachers, so the teaching risk is really too high!

5/Scientific training methods

Regular and legal institutions will adopt training methods that are proved to be effective by science, instead of blindly carrying out some methods that have not been proved to be effective by practice. The most commonly used and practical training methods in the United States and Taiwan Province mainly include ABA, floor time, sensory training, structured teaching, etc. The training of autistic children should pay attention to social development, so it is particularly important to carry out group training, social integration education and social practice courses.

Therefore, parents should know about the methods used in institutional teaching, and know whether these methods are routine and universal. If you haven't even heard the name of the method or even understood its teaching principle, you'd better not try it easily.

6/Good teaching environment

The teaching environment is also very important for children with autism. NGO registration requires a legal fixed site of more than 25 square meters and a lease contract of more than 3 years (this is to stabilize running a school).

Many private organizations can't meet this requirement. The school space is small, the environment is crowded and disorderly, and individual counseling rooms are very narrow. Children will feel depressed in counseling rooms, which is extremely unfavorable to the stability of children's emotions and behaviors.

Some institutions often move to other places, so they can't provide stable teaching venues, and the teaching equipment and hardware facilities are not perfect.

high-quality institutions will have a good order and warm environment, as well as a good cultural atmosphere. Therefore, parents should visit the investigation institution on the spot to see whether the classroom is spacious and bright, and whether the layout is clean and tidy. If it feels warmer, it will be better.

7/Number of students in institutions

Good institutions will have stable students and a good reputation from parents, so students usually have to queue up for training. When inspecting institutions, it is necessary to know whether the students in institutions are stable. If there are few students in institutions and the mobility is high, it means that the teaching quality of institutions cannot attract parents. If there are no students in an institution, parents are advised not to risk their children doing experiments.