Autism support and school
School is sensory load, a group, and a finish bell. We write asks a teacher can try for ten days, and we practise sitting, waiting and a way to ask — not the alphabet as a trophy.
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 we practise
Sitting a short sit. A two-step instruction. A way to ask for help or a break. Recovering when the plan changes. That is school readiness and Akasha on autism and school, sitting inside the autism plan.
What we send the teacher
A one-page picture and two or three asks. Letter template, classroom support, about my child. Mainstream or special is a family decision we can think through: mainstream or special school.
Teenagers
Friendships, masking, the 4pm crash, leaving school. Friendships, life skills, after school. We see children through sixteen.
What we hand the school
A written report in plain language and an IEP listing what helps this child. Letter to school. Akasha: autism and school.
The idea behind the work (in the books)
Sitting, waiting, a class routine, asking for help — taught as skills. A one-page list a teacher can try, not a drawer IEP.
Mesibov — TEACCH structure
A first-then card, a known order, a finished box. We borrow the visual, not a branded TEACCH classroom.
Blair — classroom self-regulation
The bell and the break are EF demands. Letters are not the first job.
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:
NICE 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 sourceBlair and Raver (Annual Review of Psychology, 2015) treat school readiness as self-regulation — holding a rule, waiting, switching — which sets the stage for letters and numbers rather than replacing them.
— Blair and Raver, School readiness and self-regulation, Annual Review of Psychology (2015), PMID 25148852. 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.
School — questions parents ask
Will you get my child into a special school?
No. We are not an admissions office. We will help you think, and write, and practise the skills the next place will need.
The school says they are fine.
Masking until 4pm is expensive. Read the after-school page before you drop the worry.
Homework is a war.
Homework battles. Shrink the task. Stop while they can still succeed.
How do we start?
A consultation is Rs 1,500 and lasts up to 50 minutes. Bring the school note, even if it is one line.
Mainstream or special school?
Not a decision made once at four. How to think about it.
Ask about school
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