Please remember that The Polyxo.com Curriculum is just getting off to a start. For a little while, the offerings here will be rather slim, and there will be a lot of skills and topics listed that you won't be able to get further details on. Be patient and check back often.

Attending Skills

Sitting in a chair, making eye contact, ...

Attending skills are often the starting point to an educational program for a child with autism.

Imitation Skills

Gross motor imitation, fine motor imitation, oral motor imitation, imitating blocks, copying drawings, ...

Much of the typical learning that children do is based on their imitating the actions and words of the people around them. Teaching imitation to a child who may not do it as naturally, then, is a very important step in laying the groundwork for future learning.

Language and Communication Skills

Following directions, making requests, asking and answering questions, labeling, conversation, ...

Language (be it spoken, sign, or picture/symbol-based) instruction is often the largest, and most important, portion of a program for a child with autism.

Motor Skills

Gross motor activities, finger strength and dexterity, ...

Many kids with autism have motor difficulties. Regardless, activities involving the muscles and body can be beneficial in myriad ways: health, opportunities for sport and leisure, independence in dressing, feeding, and other important areas, better handwriting, etc.

Adaptive, Self-Help, and Safety Skills

Dressing, toileting, feeding, cleaning up, ...

Self-help skills are those skills necessary for acheiving independence in many aspects of life. Teaching these skills will help a child be less dependent on those around him in his daily life.

Play and Leisure Skills

Toys, dress-up, imaginative play, building with blocks, ...

Play is what being a kid is all about. Enough said.

Pre-Academic and Academic Skills

Matching, sorting, sequencing, numbers, letters, reading, counting, ...

Ahh, the stuff of school. Included here are those skills that can help build readiness for school, as well as some skills that your kids might typcially be working on during their first few years in school.