Social skills stories

Teaching healthy hygiene habits through social skills stories

Autistic people lack the ability to read body language and facial expression. They also lack the ability to learn social skills through their environment or from people watching.

Therefore social skills teaching needs to be done directly, this can be achieved through the use of social skills stories.

It is the job of parent or care givers to teach healthy hygiene habits to autistic or special needs children.

Importance of good hygiene habits in autism

Kids with autism, special needs children and all children in general need to understand the need for basic hygiene and healthy habits as early as preschool.

With kids with autism it is very important that teaching good hygiene habits begins at an early age in the home, kids with autism as we discussed earlier do not people watch and will not naturally learn healthy hygiene habits.

As with normally developing children, special needs children and kids with autism; as they grow their need for hygiene increases. Especially around puberty essential good hygiene habits in autism are needed.

For autistic teens or young people this time of their lives is confusing enough without the added pressure of coping with bodily changes too, which can be of great distress to them.>p>

As with any teenager autistic teens are not exempt from puberty it will happen!

Establishing healthy hygiene habits in autism

With the use of social skills stories a parent, teacher or care giver can help explain what changes are going on inside the autistic teens body in simple terms that they will understand.

These social skills stories will help explain the need for good hygiene habits and help establish routines that will be manageable and efficient.

Without good hygiene habits in autism the autistic child, teen or young person will become isolated and stressed.

Using autism social skills stories to teach hygiene habits and routines you can help your autistic child, teenager or young person establish, understand and cope with hygiene and puberty.