Scaffolding for autism
The first time I came across the term ‘scaffolding,’ without any further explanation or definition, I was peeved. There is so much jargon and shorthand associated with autism that newbies like me, can have a hard time unscrambling the underlying message. It’s as if all the professionals talk in a secret code that we are all supposed to translate and implement without guidance.
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May 17th, 2008 at 1:21 am
it took me years into adulthood to learn the skill of having a diary and putting things in it. my organisational skills are a little on the ‘not there’ side so without scaffolding (didn’t know it was called that!) i would implode into a pile of spahetti!
May 17th, 2008 at 3:58 am
Fantastic post.
I heart my diary, calendar and little bits of paper with lists randomly scattered all through the house.
Heidi will not move without her precious blankie. I knew for sure she was really sick the other night when she was hugging her blankie tightly to herself and still screaming “I want my blankie”
May 17th, 2008 at 7:27 am
First…
I love that photo! It is beautiful.
Second…
My Noddy has his “scafolding”, his blanket. He has had it since birth and it helps him go anywhere.
My scafolding…
My bed where I sleep.
I could do nothing else with out it.
The family…God is our scafolding.
May 17th, 2008 at 9:07 am
It seems like such a useless term. Why can’t they just say supports? It seems to me there must be rooms full of doctors somewhere trying to invent new words to mean the same as old words we already have, just to make it more complicated. *sigh*
May 17th, 2008 at 9:44 am
wow…i didn’t know what the term meant either. but we sure have our “scaffolds” here. you always know when you enter a house with a child who has autism because of all the velcro and laminated stuff. lol great post!
May 17th, 2008 at 10:38 am
HA! That term — it seems like years since I’ve heard it. Scaffolding skills. Thanks for reminding me of silly autism “expert” lunacies.