Autism support at home
Home is the programme. A clinic hour cannot outrun breakfast, the door, and the 4pm crash. We pick one routine and one way to ask, then coach you until it is yours.
Written by the Inclusive Developmental and Therapy Center therapy team — our Speech & Language Therapist, psychology and ABA staff. This page is awaiting its clinical review.
What to try this week
A first-then. A pause so they can request. A warning before a change. A place to recover that is not a punishment. Programs: autism connection, first-then, daily routine. Coaching: parent coaching.
Relatives and helpers
If Dadi and the helper use two scripts, the child will pick the easier one. One line on the fridge. Explaining therapy to relatives, when a helper raises the child.
Warn before a change
A photo, a first-then card, or the same sentence every time. Printable: first-then. Coaching: parent coaching.
The idea behind the work (in the books)
Follow their lead, leave a pause, say it one word longer. None of this needs a resource pack.
Hanen — OWL at home
Observe, wait, listen. Honour a point or a picture as a proper turn, then model the word.
Rogers and Dawson — parent as therapist
The hours that change things happen at home. The ESDM trials used more intensity than a weekly clinic hour. We take the parent-in-the-room idea.
What the research tells us
This isn’t just our opinion — it’s grounded in published research. Here are a few findings from trusted, independent sources:
A Cochrane review of parent-mediated early intervention (17 trials, 919 children) found strong evidence that parent–child interaction changes — more shared attention, more parent synchrony. Evidence that the child’s own language and adaptive skills change was smaller and less certain.
— Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews — Oono, Honey and McConachie (2013), CD009774. View sourceNICE CG170 recommends a play-based social-communication intervention with parents, carers and teachers to increase joint attention, engagement and reciprocal communication, adjusted to the child’s developmental level. For pre-school children it recommends parent mediation.
— NICE Clinical Guideline CG170 — Autism spectrum disorder in under 19s: support and management. View source
Take a worksheet home
Print one sheet. Fill it in this week. Bring it to the consultation — a consultation is Rs 1,500 and lasts up to 50 minutes.
Communication passport
One page a new teacher can actually read.
Requesting cards
Help, more, finished, stop, my turn, can I play — a faster ask than screaming.
First–then board
The hard moment, then the promised good thing — set out before the fight starts.
About my child
What helps this child, in the words you use at home.
Connection home program (PDF)
Looking, requesting, recovering from a no.
Book a consultation
Contact owner Muhammad Salman Afzal first. No referral needed. A consultation is Rs 1,500 and lasts up to 50 minutes.
At home — questions parents ask
Should I stop stimming?
Not if nobody is getting hurt. It is often regulation. Suppressing it usually makes the next hour worse.
Screens as a calm-down?
They work until they do not. Teach a recovery that does not need a phone, even if the phone is still in the mix for now.
Siblings?
They need a version of the story and some protected time. Supporting siblings.
Can you coach us online?
Yes. A consultation is Rs 1,500 and lasts up to 50 minutes. See online autism support.
How much home practice?
Two or three things in routines you already have. Twenty games on a sheet will not happen.
Ask about at home
A short, friendly conversation is the best first step. Call, text or WhatsApp us — we’ll listen and guide you, with no pressure.
MPS Road, Block A Model Town, Multan (near Bloomfield Hall School, Street No. 2) · Mon–Fri, 2 PM – 6 PM