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✅ Executive Functioning: Brain's admin team for planning and organization.
✅ Autistic Inertia: Difficulty starting and stopping tasks for neurodivergent individuals.
✅ Environment Impact: Autism plus environment equals outcome, not child's fault.
✅ No Equals Never: Autistic children hear "no" as permanent denial.
✅ Object Permanence: Out of sight causes anxiety or forgetting.
✅ Structure Changes: Modify environment rather than forcing child to adapt.
✅ Practical Strategies: Spare supplies, warnings, and opt-out boxes help.

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✅ Executive Functioning: Skills needed to complete tasks successfully.
✅ Eight Skills: Self-monitoring, planning, flexibility, organization, emotions, impulses, initiation, memory.
✅ Autistic Inertia: Difficulty starting tasks due to overwhelm or anxiety.
✅ Teachable Skills: Executive functioning improves with practice and support.
✅ Visual Supports: Time timers and written instructions help students focus.
✅ Environmental Changes: Modify classroom structure rather than changing the child.
✅ Brain Breaks: Movement, music, or snacks can jumpstart task initiation.

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✅ Timing: Start secondary transition planning in year five.
✅ Visits: Visit schools with students present, not empty.
✅ Sensory: Address smells, sounds, and movement in secondary.
✅ Language: Teach "I'm unsure" instead of "help me."
✅ Tools: Use videos, maps, and timetable practice.
✅ Social: Consider peer connections over academic rankings.
✅ Maturity: Avoid childish items like decorated lunchboxes.

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✅ Teacher Assistants: Provide crucial one-on-one support for students.
✅ Independence: Encourage students to work toward self-reliance daily.
✅ Coping Strategies: Teach calm breathing and simple choice-based actions.
✅ Hidden Rules: Explain classroom routines and unspoken expectations clearly.
✅ Timing Support: Schedule assistance when students are most engaged.
✅ Flexibility: Encourage resilience, mistakes, and trying again without fear.
✅ Avoid Helplessness: Let students attempt tasks before offering direct help.

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✅ TA Relationships: Consistent bonds aid autistic students without unhealthy dependency.
✅ Role Clarity: Teachers lead instruction; TAs support, not replace teachers.
✅ Predictability: Consistent TA assignments reduce anxiety and improve classroom stability.
✅ Collaboration: Teachers and TAs coordinate, leaving egos at the door.
✅ Behavior Communication: Behavior expresses needs when communication is limited.
✅ Generalization: Teach skills across contexts to prevent rigid, situation-bound learning.
✅ Student Agency: Let students choose support methods and TA use in secondary.

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✅ Don't wait for readiness signs when toilet training.
✅ Use visuals to support children with communication difficulties.
✅ Find perfect calm moments to teach new skills.
✅ Make learning fun and engaging for better outcomes.
✅ Create communication-rich environments with picture exchange systems.
✅ Provide sensory breaks to help children self-regulate.
✅ Start toilet training on actual toilet, avoid potties.

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✅ Focus on two goals at a time for clarity.
✅ Prioritize teaching pointing and asking for help first.
✅ Skills must transfer across all environments consistently.
✅ Use visuals and signs for consistent communication.
✅ Collaborate with OT, speech, and psychology professionals.
✅ Model and prompt desired behaviors in daily routines.
✅ Share progress and strategies with all caregivers regularly.

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✅ Multiple Medication Trials Common: Most families tried 2-3 different medications.
✅ Side Effects Vary Greatly: Same medication affects each child differently.
✅ Team Approach Critical: Teachers, parents, and doctors must collaborate together.
✅ Document Changes Carefully: Keep medication diary to track subtle improvements.
✅ Parents Often Disagree Initially: Couples need strategies for medication decisions.
✅ Non-Stimulant Options Available: Alternatives exist beyond traditional Ritalin for ADHD.
✅ Sleep Issues Improve: Many children sleeping better with right medication.

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