My Special Journey with Advaith

Dear Friends,
I am Smrithy. My younger son is diagnosed with ADHD and autism. After diagnosis we did ABA and I was a co-therapist for him at home. He was attending ABA sessions for 2 hours from a center and I was training him at home with the same principles. Initially, he responded very well with ABA and imitation and communication skills, body parts, common objects, the function of objects, fruits, vegetables, vehicles, categorization, shapes, colors, sorting…he learned so fast in the training. But after 8 months, he started crying throughout the session. At that time, no one was able to work with him, other than me. We tried different therapy centers and at last, we reached a school, Bubbles, where they are following structured teaching methods. Then I also joined the one-year diploma special education course for Autism. I did my practicals in my son’s school and attend theory classes on Saturday. It was really difficult for me to complete that course, because of too many assessments, record works, learning notes after a gap…but somehow I completed it and it was a big help for me and my family. So we thought of sharing ideas and videos to help other kids and families touched by Autism. For that, we created this channel and uploaded videos step by step in speducation, communication, language, sports like basketball, cycling, swimming, roller skating, art Activities, Fine Motor Activities, Proprioceptive activities, teaching typing, about visual schedule and how to arrange a structured classroom, how to built work skills. Now we are following a structured teaching method with the visual schedule. My son had severe anxiety, structure and visual schedule helped him to calm down, by reducing his anxiety. I got the best results from the structured teaching method and so I am continuing that. By teaching each skill, my focus is how that skill can help him for his independent life. My husband Rajesh and my elder son Adithya are always supporting me. We are not doing activities in a robotic manner, we all are enjoying and having lots of fun while working with Addu. At present after seeing my videos, lots of parents from different parts of the country contacting me for helping their kids, and I am trying my best to help them. I hope this channel will help other fellow parents. I believe that Mother is the best therapist and acceptance and love is the best approach with our kids
Regards
Addu and Smrithy