Autism Tutor (ASD) in Brisbane, Specialised Autism Tutoring

AUTISM TUTOR IN BRISBANE (ASD)

Justin Clark MEd, MLearningInnovation, BEd, BA

I am a qualified and experienced Brisbane tutor specialising in teaching children and adults who have learning difficulties due to autism (ASD) with high-level support needs.

Autism Teaching Strategies

As an autism tutor, I have an empathetic and genuine approach to building relationships with my students that promotes change and success. This is achieved through my many years of experience in helping students gain confidence and achieve greater academic results, while helping improve necessary life skills to cope with challenges in their daily lives. I also assist in improving communication and socialisation skills. This is interwoven with educational learning to provide the necessary teaching strategies to facilitate growth and change.

Understanding Autism (ASD)

People with ASD (autism spectrum disorder), particularly those with high-level support needs, have difficulty with social interaction and communication. They can find it difficult to understand other people’s feelings and interests. We also call this a ‘Theory of Mind’ in inferring and interpreting the thoughts, feelings, and emotions of others. High-level autistics may not understand how other people think differently to them and therefore have problems communicating and relating socially.

They might inadvertently say something that upsets people, or spend a lot of time talking about a topic they are interested in but not be able to tell that other people are not interested. They may also use different gestures and body language to other people. For example, they might not smile or use eye contact.

The ability to communicate varies between people on the autism spectrum. Some have no speech or limited speech, while others have considerable vocabularies. While people with autism might find it challenging to talk with others and have friends, they still experience the same emotions as we all do and love having friends, even if it’s challenging.

Teaching Children with Autism (ASD)

Children with autism can find school extremely difficult. They may be triggered by bright lights, sudden loud sounds, or unexpected touch that would not bother others. They may become upset if someone hugs them or talks too quickly or loudly.

Challenges also manifest when they want things to happen in a particular order. Routine is vitally important because if their routine changes or if something is moved, a person with ASD can get worried or upset.

Another example is if the teacher says, “Can you give me a minute?” or similar. Due to difficulty with inference, those with autism may interpret this literally and think, “How can I give you a minute?”

However, while schooling can present a great deal of challenges, it can also be rewarding. Those with autism often have a strong interest in particular topics. They may be very knowledgeable in their special interest areas. They can also show an amazing memory for detail.

Autism Tutoring For Children

As a tutor, I can help harness autistic students’ strengths (as described above) in helping to facilitate skill building in being able to cope with the challenges that education and schooling can present. If you are seeking a tutor who is experienced in teaching kids with autism please give me (Justin) a call. With your input, I can devise the right approach to help your child through targeted individual autism tutoring sessions.

Autism Tutoring for Adults and Children

I also assist adults with ASD, as my role as an autistic tutor involves being able to adapt autism teaching strategies for both adults and children as well as for the different strengths and weaknesses of each individual. Our goal for successful tutoring of people with autism is empowerment. We help students build learning and study habits that can be used at school and for learning throughout life. We do this by improving academic abilities and social abilities, as well as building the desire and ability to learn and progress.

Contact Hope Tutoring

Please contact me if you are looking for tutoring services that focus on communication and learning difficulties so we can discuss in detail the type of assistance you are looking for. Discover more information about me, my goals and my teaching style.

Justin Clark, Private Brisbane Tutor

Justin also provides autism learning disability training for high and low level support needs ASD to parents and teachers who are seeking assistance in this area.

Autism Tutor