Tips Parents Make Children Have Autism

Jakarta, Autism is still a nightmare for most parents. Some parents felt stressed when she heard her son was diagnosed with autism. Some treatment centers have a lot of autistic children are scattered in several major cities in Indonesia. Unfortunately, parents in the area of ​​autism may have trouble if you are referring to her son.

In the community there is also an understanding that autistic children can transmit the disease. Thus, some parents actually menyembunykan children with autism. In fact, the handling of autism at a national level is still going nowhere.

State Minister of Women and Child Protection has issued a Ministerial Decree no. 10 of 2011 which contains the fulfillment of the rights of children with special needs, namely the right to life, protection and growth.

Some children with autism are known to have intelligence above average. However, this ability is less excavated with optimal due to lack of ability to communicate with persons with autism.

"Children with autism are difficult to measure his IQ because verbal ability is weak. But intelligence is not only measured by cognitive, but also by other aspects such as the ability of visual and musical abilities. Many autistic children who appeared to have more ability in music and art, "says communications professor Hershinta Suroso London School of Public Relations at the launch of the journal communicare about children with special needs on campus STIKOM London School of Public Relations, Jakarta, Monday (05/07/2012).

To optimize the ability of children with autism, parents should not menitiberatkan on the difficult child. For example, if the child does not like learning a language and more like math, then the child should not be burdened with learning the language boost, but it should be more focus on developing math skills.

"Often parents or teachers of autistic children find it difficult to complain or to learn a few things. In fact, one of the key in developing the abilities of autistic children are optimally by focusing on skills that can be done. Do not concentrate on the things that he could not do," said Kasandra Putranto, psychologist and chairman of Kasandra K3PIK Associates (Group Care for Children with Special Needs Education Management).

One of the most important factor in the successful treatment of autism is the parent involvement and communication. Parents should not give full treatment to autistic children who bear the therapist. In many cases, autistic children grow to be better managed if parents participate and be involved in monitoring the therapy at home, especially in applying the habits that are difficult.